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Why I Blog

July 17, 2013 by Julie Leave a Comment

IMG_4739My next post for Blue Star Families is about why I blog.

I had to think about this one for a while.

I think I have a couple of reasons why I blog. I started Julie the Army Wife (the blog I had before this one) during our 2nd deployment. It was hard and I figured there were other people out there just like me. I knew there were other wives out there trying to get through each day. At the time I had felt like I had gone through a lot of Military stress in the few years we had been a Military family. I knew that if I blogged about what I was going through it would make me feel better and help someone else not feel so alone.

It is now almost four years later and I think I blog for the exact same reasons. This deployment has been so stressful already and I need a place to talk about it. I need a place to post about what it is like. I also hope that if there are others out there that might feel alone, sad or upset about what they are going through they can read my posts and won’t feel so lonely anymore.

I also like to blog to share things in my life with others. This is why there are posts about my garden or trips that I take. I like to look back on those posts as a reminder of that time in my life.

Blogging for me is defiantly an outlet. I enjoy it and I enjoy where blogging has taken me. I have also enjoyed all the people I have met because I am a blogger. It has helped me not feel so alone in my circumstances. I plan to blog as long as I am able to. Whether it be about Military life or something completely different.

If you are a blogger, why do you blog?

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Blogging At Blue Star Families

July 3, 2013 by Julie 1 Comment

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I will now be blogging with Blue Star Families 🙂 This is my introduction post!

My name is Julie and I have been an Army wife since 2005. My husband and I got married in 2002 and we have three boys. They are 8, 6 and 2.5. I am a blogger who loves photography, loves to write, loves coffee and loves to read. I also enjoy spending time with my friends and family. We started off our Army adventure by spending four years in Germany. While we were there we went through two deployments. The first one was a horrible 15 month deployment that we thought was going to be 9-12 months. It was hard for so many of us. We moved to Fort Campbell in the Spring of 2010. We went through our 3rd deployment here and my husband just left for his 4th a few weeks ago.

I have been able to stay home with my children since my oldest was born. Other than our time in Germany I have always made a little extra money for us from home. A while ago I did this by selling things on Ebay. These days I do this by blogging, writing and selling Scentsy. Although I love to take pictures I have decided to not going into the business, at least not right now. I stay super busy and trying to balance everything can be a challenge sometimes.

I started blogging publicly in 2009 when we were in Germany. I wanted to create a place where I could share my Army wife adventures, meet other Military spouses and be able to write about my life. I have enjoyed blogging and have met so many wonderful people because of it.

I am looking forward to being able to write about the deployment. Deployments are not easy and I already feel this one is going to be harder than others. I hope that I can share my journey and help others who might be going through something just like it. I hope that by writing out my thoughts I can help myself stay positive and not have so many down days. The worst thing is to feel alone during a deployment. By writing about it I hope that readers will realize that they are not alone. I hope they can see that the feelings they have are okay and that they will make it through all the hard stuff too.

I am excited to be working with Blue Star Families on the book Everyone Serves. This will be a handbook for friends and families of service members.

Follow Blue Star Families on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ and build a support network so you can keep your family and personal community strong throughout the duration of the entire deployment life cycle.

 

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About Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life

 

Welcome to Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life! I am so glad you are here.

My name is Julie and I first became a military spouse in 2005 when my husband of 3 years re-joined the Army. Then, in 2014, he joined the National Guard. In January of 2024, he retired from the National Guard after 21 years of service.

During our time in the military, we got to spend 4 years in Germany as well as Tennessee where we now call home.

We have three boys and have been through four deployments together.

I hope that you can find support for your own deployments, PCS moves, or anything else military life brings you through my articles and social media posts.

 

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