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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

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

This is our life

July 24, 2011 by Aprille 2 Comments

In just the last 24 hours… In a conversation with a friend, we talked about the two separate times that her husband has been injured this deployment alone due to IEDs. The first time he ended up with shrapnel in his arms…the second he had a head injury and a leg injury. We talked about … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army life, blessings, deployment, KIA, laura story, military life, PTSD

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