Fall is just about here, although at this moment it is 96 degrees outside. Tennessee is being ridiculous this year and summer doesn’t want to go home. At the same time, leaves have started to fall, and you can tell the season is about to change. Fall is my favorite season, even more so now…
You never thought this day would come, you held on to the hope that something would change. That they really wouldn’t have to go, or that you would get some extra time together. But it is now the night before they deploy, the last night to say goodbye, and you are trying to keep it…
Maybe this was the plan. You would get married, and they would leave. Maybe this was never the plan. You have been married for five years, and now they are going to join. Whatever the case might be, saying goodbye to your spouse going off to basic training is a big deal, filled with so…
We didn’t know what that day would bring. Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, started out with clear skies and so much promise. Kids off to school. Mom and dad off to work. People getting to their jobs, some running late, some arriving early. As the morning began, we had no idea what was planned. We had…
Last year I bought a MoviePass. At first, that meant that I would pay around $10 a month to see unlimited movies. I could watch one movie a day, every day for the whole month. This sounded SO amazing! I love going to the movies. It’s one of my favorite things to do. I will…
Stay busy! Fill your days! Don’t stay at home! Have you heard this deployment advice before? It’s good advice. If you are always at home, not doing anything, the deployment is going to be a lot harder for you. You need to stay busy, find things to do, so that time passes instead of standing…
The longest deployment my husband went through was 15 months. The shortest was 5.5 months. And then we had a few in-between. The 15-month deployment was long, and we lost a lot of men. That part of the deployment was so hard to deal with, and I am thankful that wasn’t quite the case in…
