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Reintegration – Guest Posts at Singing Through the Rain
I recently had the opportunity to do some guest-blogging over at Singing Through the Rain, the blog of a dear friend of mine who is an Airforce spouse. Her husband was getting ready…
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DIY Leftover Magazine Toddler Vocabulary Flashcards
When I was pregnant with Ezra, I somehow received free subscriptions to a few baby and parenting magazines. I read through them and considered throwing them away, but for some odd reason I…
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Moody May…BLAH!
So I’m not off to a good start this month. My mom asked me at the end of April what my theme for May was, if I had one. Um…do I have to…
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Facebook: the flip side ~ on relationships, community, and who I am
Facebook is its own subculture...its own community. Being a part of that subculture has provided me with a sense of community that I had never had before. It has changed me from being…
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On being a Facebook addict, privacy, and pleasing people
It’s been 27 days since I first deactivated my Facebook account. In that time, I realized that I am definitely a Facebook addict. I had to reactivate my account to help my husband with…
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Military Ball? Check!
All in all, I am glad to be able to say that I have been to a military ball. It was one of those military wife "rites of passage" that I wanted to…
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Deployment Countdown Calendar Idea
“You look at that calendar, all those empty days, and wish for a way to make them go by faster. You miss your spouse more than anything, and feel so disconnected from him,…
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Doubts and Reassurances
Now that I’m no longer on vacation I’m realizing it’s a bit harder to stay off of Facebook. I’m feeling the urges and desires creeping back…the doubts that maybe this won’t work for…
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Deactivate…ACTIVATE!
We are coming to the end of March. At the beginning of March, I set the goal for myself to “Make March Matter!” March has been difficult, full of many tears, but the…
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The Rest of Our Lives: Musings on Reintegration After Deployment
He’s been home almost three months now. Time always drags when they are gone and flies when they are home! Deployment uniforms have all been tucked away, ACUs are the standard again. Reintegration…
