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Military Spouse Appreciation Day & Freedom Day: It Matters
I’ve always felt like Military Spouse Appreciation Day was a bit of a joke. Why? Because the only people who tell me they appreciate me are my fellow milspouses and so I say,…
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An open letter to the military bride who will wear my wedding gown
Dear Beautiful You: I call you beautiful, sight unseen, because I know that you are. Not because of how you look, but because you are committing your life to a military man. And…
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An answered prayer, the moment I fell in love with the military, and two guest posts
Now, we are on the other side, but the prayer remains answered and the love for this community hasn't gone away. Some days I wish I could just walk away and stop thinking…
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Final thoughts on my husband’s six years in the Army
It’s within an hour of midnight on the evening of our last official day in the Army. I just finished watching about three straight hours of science fiction television, and even at the…
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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…
