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  • Military and Veteran Life,  Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Deployment and pregnancy (a lot in common)

    / July 13, 2010 / 1 Comment

    I laid in bed the other night struggling to find a comfortable position in which to sleep. Amongst all of the tossing and turning I was struck with the realization that “I’ve done…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life,  Pregnancy & Birth

    when it started pouring, God sent a rainbow

    / April 13, 2010 / 3 Comments

    “When it rains, it pours…” Such has been the story of our lives for the past 3 weeks…. I guess it all began the morning that I spilled coffee on my Macbook computer.

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  • Christmas

    My Surprise Christmas Military Homecoming Story

    / December 21, 2009 / 5 Comments

    Military surprise homecoming at Christmastime! It felt so good to be in his arms that Christmas season...our first Christmas together. This is "what the first Christmas means to me."

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  • Christmas,  Military and Veteran Life

    You Might Be a Military Wife At Christmas If…

    / December 16, 2009 / 0 Comments

    WIVES OF FAITH 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BLOG CARNIVAL DAY 5. I could only come up with a few for this post, but they are all from personal experience. …if you don’t call…

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  • Christmas,  Military and Veteran Life

    The Wives Who Wait (A Christmas Poem for Military Wives)

    / December 8, 2009 / 5 Comments

    The Wives Who Wait (A Christmas Poem for Military Wives) Twas the night before Christmas And there all alone I saw a young woman Who sat by the phone

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    You might be a military wife if… (laundry)

    / October 15, 2009 / 0 Comments

    YOU MIGHT BE A MILITARY WIFE IF…if you are behind on laundry and stedfastly purpose in your mind to enact “Operation Fold Laundry” to get it all done! (Yup found myself thinking this…

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    You might be a military wife if… (online)

    / October 14, 2009 / 0 Comments

    This is the first in a series of posts I will make from time to time. YOU MIGHT BE A MILITARY WIFE IF…if the sound of an instant message contact coming online makes…

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  • Family,  Miscellaneous,  Travel

    “It’s Just Like His Great Love!”

    / August 20, 2009 / 1 Comment

    I probably couldn’t write appropriately enough to express how grateful I am to our heavenly Father. He is more amazing than we give Him credit for, and I feel ashamed for every time…

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  • Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous

    Update July 2009

    / July 25, 2009 / 0 Comments

    Russ and I are continuing to adjust very well. Sleep is still an issue, but we are working through it, and for the most part I think we are doing well. July really…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous

    Update June 2009

    / July 2, 2009 / 0 Comments

    wow…amazingly original title…ha! No I’m just tired and can’t think of anything better. Russ has been home for almost 2 weeks now!! (If you haven’t already, make your way over to the HOMECOMING…

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