Isn’t this a beautifully serene shot of the San Antonio River Walk? It is. Well, my friend, let me tell you what was not beautiful and serene. Our move to San Antonio, that’s what!! I can’t begin to tell you the nightmare this most recent- and final- military move was. Alas, as a writer, it’s my…
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Military Spouse of the Year: The Life of a Military Spouse
Last Wednesday, I received an email that made me break out in hives and set my heart to racing. It was an email notifying me that someone had nominated me for the Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year Award. I now needed to decide whether, or not, to accept the nomination. I was…
The Deployment Strikes Back: Facts of Deployment
The deployment strikes back…can’t you hear the Imperial March reaching its crescendo? Deployments are weird like that, very much Darth Vaderesque in the way the roll up on you like, “What? Say something. Bet you won’t.” …and you don’t. You kind of stand there; a cowering, blubbering idiot as your Soldier takes its hand and…
