Military and Veteran Life
My husband served in the US Army from May of 2007 to May of 2013. During that time he endured two year-long combat deployments to Afghanistan, while I stayed behind to "keep the home fires burning." We were stationed in Fort Hood, Texas and Fort Knox, Kentucky during his military career. These posts share some of the things that we experienced as a military family.
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Easter: When You Feel Broken Behind Your Smiles
...for as many people as might be shocked by my ugly honesty, I'm guessing there might be just as many people who needed to hear that they aren't alone in brokenness and heartbreak…
- Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Hopeless no longer
And now this hangs above the very spot where I prayed a prayer out of complete hopelessness.
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What this OEF Veteran’s family wishes you knew
What this OEF Veteran's family wishes you knew about life and recovery after war
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He’s gonna have all of me {an anniversary post}
I've realized that you never really stop being scared of marriage because you have to trust God to hold it together when life keeps throwing crap at you and you are just holding…
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they all gave something
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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Choosing the one beside me
How can I join hands with my sisters and shine in a brilliant army of stars when I'm not willing to join hands with the one standing beside me who should matter the…
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How to keep loving when your marriage is running on empty
As soon as Bianca uttered the words "the little oil that we have," I was overcome with a visual picture of what God was asking me to do - how He was going…
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When your love for your spouse is depleted
Love is a choice; but some days, I'm just too weary to make it.
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Encouragement and resources for the military wife
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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Disconnect: when God just doesn’t seem relevant
Life just got a whole lot bigger and scarier. But the God I knew was still small and stuck in the box I created for him with my incomplete understanding of his grace.
