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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“The grass is always greener…”
I am kind of laughing at myself right now…it’s amazing how we can see the circumstances around us and long for something better or easier. Then, once we get there, we do the…
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A Hero’s Wife: A Prayer for Christian Military Wives
A Hero's Wife A Prayer for Christian Military Wives | Ring on her hand, dreams in her eyes, no longer just one, she’s a hero’s wife. She plans and she hopes, but it’s…
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How to pack cookies for a long-distance care package
how to pack cookies for a long-distance care package. #military #deployment #cookies #christmas
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Venturing out and finding beauty
I sat there for a few minutes just basking in the beauty and warmth of the day. It was nice just to be able to sit and think, to pray, and meditate on…
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Thoughts about homecoming…
Today is April 1st… When most people think of April 1st, they think of April fools. But my first thoughts of April 1st are that it is the first day of a new…
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How I celebrated our first anniversary when my husband was deployed
It was our first anniversary, and my husband was on the other side of the world. I hadn’t seen him in four months. I pretty much spent all of the day in the…
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One Year! (Our First Anniversary)
I’ve been a wifey for a year now. Tomorrow is our first anniversary! It’s weird to me…(I know, a strange way to begin a blog post about an anniversary)…but it’s true. Because I…
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What I learned about military life at the Fort Hood post office
If anyone desires to know more about what military life is really like, I would recommend standing in line for a half hour at the on-post post office. What you can learn there…
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Valentine’s Day Emotions
Where do I begin? In the last 3 days I’ve gone from absolutely loving today, to absolutely hating it. Let me explain… On Thursday, I went to HEB to grab some groceries really…
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Four…
When I hear the word four, I think of so many things. Four can be an eternity, or the blink of an eye. Four more months (maybe) until hubby comes home. We still…
