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Leaving the Military: Our Family’s Experience

May 8, 2018 by Aprille Leave a Comment

My husband got out of the military in 2013 after a total of 10 service years spread between two service branches, three plus duty stations, one OCONUS tour, and two overseas deployments. It’s been several years now since we have been out. Yesterday marks the 5 year anniversary of his ETS date. Each passing year … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: army, deployment, ets, military, military spouse, military wife, reintegration

Memorial Day: What it Means to a Veteran’s Wife

May 30, 2016 by Aprille 6 Comments

She walks down the center aisle of the chapel – shoulders back, head held high, dog tags around her neck. She carries her six-month-old son in her arms. They are there to say goodbye to the daddy he never really got to know. I sat there near the back in a simple black dress, my … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, Memorial Day, military wife, military wives, veteran

Military Spouse Appreciation Day & Freedom Day: It Matters

May 6, 2016 by Aprille 5 Comments

I’ve always felt like Military Spouse Appreciation Day was a bit of a joke. Why? Because the only people who tell me they appreciate me are my fellow milspouses and so I say, “Back at-cha” and move on with my normal day. But this year feels different. I’ll be honest, I had no intention of writing … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, army life, combat veteran, deployment, military life, military spouse appreciation day, veteran affairs

An answered prayer, the moment I fell in love with the military, and two guest posts

May 26, 2014 by Aprille 8 Comments

Now, we are on the other side, but the prayer remains answered and the love for this community hasn’t gone away. Some days I wish I could just walk away and stop thinking about it but I can’t.

You can take the milspouse out of the military, but you can’t take the military out of the milspouse.

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, army life, army wife, Memorial Day, military life, military wife, story, veterans wife

What this OEF Veteran’s family wishes you knew

March 21, 2014 by Aprille 11 Comments

What this OEF Veteran’s family wishes you knew about life and recovery after war

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: anxiety, army, church, deployment, Ezra, milspouse, recovery, Russ, veteran

they all gave something

November 30, 2013 by Aprille 8 Comments

My husband bares no physical scars from war. But the scars on his mind and our hearts and our little family remain.

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Posted in: Family, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: anxiety, army, deployment, military life, PTSD, war, wounded warriors

Encouragement and resources for the military wife

November 11, 2013 by Aprille 5 Comments

I hope that this list of posts, resources, books, and websites will be an encouragement to you wherever you are in your journey as a military spouse!

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, army wife, books, military, military spouse, military wife, resources, veteran, veterans day

Final thoughts on my husband’s six years in the Army

May 8, 2013 by Aprille 18 Comments

It’s within an hour of midnight on the evening of our last official day in the Army. I just finished watching about three straight hours of science fiction television, and even at the lowest setting, this screen is too bright for my over-tired eyes. I was lying in bed with the remnants of that last … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: army, army life, deployment, ets

Moving Days: garbage dumpsters, packing, pizza, goodbyes, magic erasers, and more

May 6, 2013 by Aprille 8 Comments

Moving Day 1 dawned lovely, warm, and sunny. We woke up around 6am because the movers had said they would be there between 8 and 9 am. I was scurrying around trying to stuff all of our “do not pack” items into a closet so they wouldn’t get packed by the packers. When the Army … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, Miscellaneous Tagged: army, army move, baby jesus, bob evans, demolition, ets, fridge, friends, goodbyes, kentucky, moving, moving truck, north carolina, PCS, piano lessons, piano teaching, pizza, truck

Breathing out

February 23, 2013 by Aprille 9 Comments

Yesterday was my husband’s first day as a…civilian? I want to say civilian. But as we are still “employed” by the Army for another 2 1/2 months, and officially on leave, it’s not quite time to say that. But he’s done with the Army and has no further obligations. I feel like I should write … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, ets
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