Tag: life lessons
PCS to Graduate School: Lessons Learned from a Seasoned Spouse
Get yourself a sweatshirt from the campus book store, and order up a special backpack- your family is going back to school!
Getting a masters...
At Ease: Taking a Day Off With Your Little Platoon
Do you have a day off scheduled into your week?
I didn't always. Once I became intentional about it, I don't know how I lived...
May Book Club: Such a Fun Age
How often have you run into a grocery store or convenience store late at night, searching for a quick snack, the team snacks you...
Military Separations SHOULD Be Easier, But They Never Are
I crushed a baseball cap over my bed head as I grabbed keys. The early morning air nipped at my fingers as I carried...
The Importance of Doing Life Together
There is a famous African proverb: It takes a village to raise a child. Well for many of us, that is going to be...
After an Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis, I’m Grateful for Time
Time is a precarious thing, most especially for us as parents living a life in the military.
It either can’t pass quickly enough (deployments and Mondays...
The 12 Military Spouses You’ll Meet (Plus One)
Hello new military spouse, and welcome!
We are at opposite ends of this military-spouse journey, you and I. You are just beginning as a...
Yes, You Still Know What You Are Doing
How do you have confidence in your parenting when you can’t even know if it’s safe to take a walk in your neighborhood with...
Early Saturdays Are Worth It For This Ballerina
“8:00 am on a Saturday?!?” I asked incredulously.
As my friend reassured me that she really enjoyed getting her daughter out the door for soccer,...
As An Overseas Black Parent, Going Home Is Hard
I Just Cannot Today
I woke up this morning and read an article describing the traffic stop of a Black and Latino Army Lieutenant who...
In the Midnight Hour: Musings on Motherhood
This week, my youngest child had a cough that started out benign but developed into a hacking cough that woke him up, gasping for...
March Book Club: The Vanishing Half
Are you a twin? I remember feeling envious of twins growing up. I felt like they had an almost supernatural connection, and I thought...