Military Kids Are Serving, Too
7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Midnight during a sleep cycle interruption. 4 a.m. 6 a.m. No these are not times my baby woke up for a feeding or from…
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To the Mama Whose Husband is Deployed When the World Feels Scary
You see her driving up to the Chick-fil-A drive-thru a few hours before dinnertime to beat the long lines. She’s on a mission taking care of her…
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Dear Military Spouse, I See You
Dear military spouse, I see you. I see you counting down the days until he’s gone for basic training. I see you proudly by his side…
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A Letter to the Spouse of the Deployed this Holiday Season
Dear Military Spouse, I see you and I want you to know you’re not alone. I know that while I am looking forward to carving a turkey or…
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Those Damn Boots
It’s almost like having surgery. You are unsure going in and wake up feeling nervous. Hazy. And when you finally make it to recovery ~you…
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He’s Home! A Deployment Homecoming (Pass The Tissues)
Blair: 320 days. 11 months. 46 weeks. Finally, after all that time, I would get to see him. In just a few minutes, I would get to watch him…
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Waiting For Him To Come Home
Do you know how many days it is until November? The average person would have a rough guess, but couldn’t tell you exactly. The women waiting…
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Deployment Diaries
Me: “How was your day, baby?” The Hubby: “Well actually a car bomb went off about a mile away from us — it shook our…
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Life, Love, and Lessons Learned
Waiting is hard. Waiting for someone you love to come back home, waiting for a book to be delivered from Amazon when you don’t have Prime, waiting…
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder, and Will Make Me Stronger
I love lists. Making them, organizing them, reading them, re-organizing and double-triple-quadruple-checking them. I do it all, all the time. They…
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