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Learning to Treasure the Little Childhood Moments
Since Russ went back to Afghanistan after RnR, I’ve really been struggling. Struggling with what? Well, just…everything. I think that 90% of the time I feel utterly exhausted and overwhelmed. There’s a song…
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The Darius Rucker concert that we will remember forever
My husband and I have extremely different tastes in music. I like country and operatic pop. He likes 80s-90s rock and trance and a bunch of other random stuff. He likes to poke…
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Date Day with Mommy!
"Sometimes, when I am feeling like I need to escape the kids, I find that really what I need is just the opposite! What I need is to CONNECT with my children -…
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“So how was your RnR?”
This is the question that I’ve been hearing a lot this week! And it’s a good question. But it’s one that in some ways I don’t know how to answer with a quick…
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Red, White, and Blue
This post is something I meant to post a while back and never got around to it. Living this military lifestyle definitely has it’s challenges…it’s hard! But it also gives our family some…
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pink ribbons, camouflage, and one happy baby boy!
Monday, September 5th, 2011…what most people knew as Labor Day. What I knew is that it was the day my husband was coming home for mid-tour leave!!! I woke up at 3am totally…
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My blog may be neglected…but…
I was going to get on here this morning and apologize for running behind on blogging…yet again. Then I realized that I didn’t really care that much. I love blogging. I love sharing…
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This is our life
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…
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Better Days
Not long after I wrote my post about Losin it!, I started having better days. Things tend to work that way… First, God sent me my “Mommy’s Helper,” A young lady in my…
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Losin’ it!
I am not doing nearly as well as I had expected or hoped to during this deployment. I feel like I am losing my sanity. Last night I washed a load of clothes,…