Tag: friendship
When Friends Become Family
"Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest ... it's about who came and never left your side." - Unknown
This thought on friendship...
Failed Friendships: When to Cut Your Losses and Move On
You know that old saying - “We have three types of friends in life: Friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends...
Mom Dating, The Struggle Is Real
You know who your sister-wife (if you had to choose) would be, and she knows who she is. Her kids and yours are more...
Nothing Left to Give: When Your Glass of Water is Sucked...
Today, my best friend came to me with all kinds of wonderful ideas about helping out in our community and things my family could...
Things You Wish You Could Ask Your Crunchy Momma Friends
Conversations with mom friends can be insightful and helpful. Actually, I’ve found my mom friends to be instrumental in my survival throughout this first...
When a Good Friend, Isn’t
Making new friends as a mom can be an awkward experience. It feels a little like being in high school again, fraught with uncertainty...
The Importance of the Key Spouse
Two years after my husband and I were married, we faced our first deployment. We didn't have any children yet, so it was just...
5 Friends I Can’t Live Without
Every time I move, like a lot of you, I find it challenging to make new friends. I like to keep in touch with...
Don’t Be Rude; Please RSVP!
I dropped by my neighbor’s house the other day and was pleasantly surprised when she offered me the cutest little dessert. She had a...
Knowing and Setting Your Limits as a Wife, Mother and Friend
Recently, a friend asked me to come over and help her babysit. She'd agreed to babysit another friend's two children. I immediately said yes with absolutely...
When Goodbye Is Not ‘See You Later’
Moving away from your tribe is arguably the hardest part of a military permanent change of station (PCS). You spend between two and five...
Why I Send My Friends Love Letters
Snail Mail Still Matters
I am entrenched in our on-demand, instant gratification world of communication. Landline phones and calling cards seem so outdated that it’s...