Three letters: AVM. Those three letters were the reason the last five days of my life were spent like this. Last Wednesday, I was standing in line to enter a military spouse’s conference, when I received a phone call that nearly stopped my heart. My baby nephew, still a toddler, was in the hospital undergoing…
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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…
Happy Birthday and Happy New Year!
Well, well, well…hello, 2018! Nice of you to arrive! Happy New Year to you! I suppose if you’re reading this, you’ve survived 2017 like the boss that you are. You’ve also had to cross out “2017”, like, ten times already because you’re not used to writing “2018”. No matter, and no judgement. Welcome to a…
Holiday Home Tour: It’s Not Over Yet
It truly is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! The holiday season here runs long compared to most families we know. If you’re a typical celebrant of the Christmas season, your tree may already be down. For us, however, the holiday season doesn’t end until after Epiphany- January 6th. El Dia de Los Reyes, or Three…
Cutting the Cheese…and Being Okay with It.
I checked my email two weeks ago and found this message. Words can’t tell you how excited I was to have placed in my first, ever, food photography contest. The Cut the Cheese 2017 photo contest was hosted by cuttingboard.com and sponsored by John Boos & Co. I felt pretty amazing since this was my…
When Hurricanes Threaten Peace: In the Eye of the Storm
I was planning a post on how to breakdown a chicken this week. My local news station kept kicking me back into reality, though. This is a map that was posted on social media of the weather that was forecasted for us this past weekend. As I type this post, people are wading through waist-high…
NYC Eats (Part 1): 15 Places You Must Visit in NYC (Plus a Few Extras)
This is actually a piece from Ferdinand Hodler, called “The Despairing Souls”. It’s currently on display at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Our trip to NYC was so exciting and full of amazing times and GREAT eats, that we felt like these dudes on the way home; especially knowing we still have months to…
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…
