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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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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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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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…
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After All
My husband came home from Afghanistan on New Years Eve! This deployment lasted 353 days apart total, lasting from December 29, 2010 to December 31, 2011. It was one long year! My husband’s…
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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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“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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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…
