Tag: Parenting
Utilizing the (Airport) USO When Traveling
We all know that traveling isn't easy. Especially traveling with children. Road trips are one thing, but when you have to pack your gear...
Parents, Easter Egg Hunts Are Not For You!
Parents have completely ruined Easter Egg Hunts.
Last year was the first and last time I will ever take my kid to an Easter Egg...
Ode to an Uptight Mom
From where you sit, the afternoon light beams in, pleasantly illuminating the flowers on your dining room table. Then your gaze drifts down to...
Air Command and Staff College: The Good, The Bad and the...
My phone rang as I was leaving the grocery store. It was my husband. I hadn't thought much of it because he often calls...
I’m Not Enough, But That’s OK
I have been called Super-Mom on many occasions. I give a little smile and say “thanks” out of the side of my mouth. Of...
Easter Resolutions (Because New Year’s Is So Last Year )
Let me just say, I have never been one for New Year’s resolutions. I am the person who gets annoyed by all the new...
Adjusting Your Parenting When Your Spouse Comes Home
Like many military spouses, my husband traveled frequently when our first daughter was born.
Often when he would come home, our daughter would treat him like a...
Making the Most of a New Duty Station When It’s Only...
When my husband received orders to San Antonio, Texas, we knew it was only temporary. It happened to be one stop of many for his...
Stop the Cycle of Comparison: Choosing Joy Over Jealousy
Have you felt it before? It’s that sinking feeling of annoyance and “why not me” when you see “#blessed” in a friend’s picture from...
The Fight to End Food Allergy Bullying
There is a new movie out, and it's making quite an uproar. But not in a good way.
The movie "Peter Rabbit" from Sony Pictures has...
Proud to Be a ‘Bad Mom’ and Why You Should, Too
You know the scene. I'm talking about the morning parking lot scene where we moms hurriedly thrust backpacks, lunches and kisses onto our precocious...
The Art of Parental Bribery and Threats
As I was in the middle of surviving, yes surviving, three weeks of winter break with my husband deployed and no family visits planned,...