By Lizann Lightfoot Deployments are difficult for everyone. It doesn’t matter how long they are, where they are, or what branch they are with. Every deployment brings its own set of challenges. For the service member who deploys, those challenges are often tangible–physical discomfort, the danger of combat, stress, lack of sleep, and the loneliness […]
What’s it like to be a mom deployed overseas?
This week’s guest is sharing here experience of being a mom deployed overseas. Cynthia left for a deployment when her daughter was a year old. Hear about her experience of leaving her daughter behind and serving her country overseas. The most common phrase I heard right before I left for my first deployment was “I […]
6 Things Soldiers Miss While Serving Overseas
What do you miss when you are serving overseas? Depending on where you are deployed to you can either have all the comforts of home or be roughing it in a tent or even sleep under the stars. While I was deployed I was somewhere in the middle. We lived in tents, but had concrete […]
Women in the Military: Serving Overseas
What is it like to be a woman serving in the military overseas in Afghanistan? How were you treated? Was it different from the men on your team? What did the Afghan men think of you?
Deployment Memories
It is interesting how something like a deployment stays with you forever. I have been home from my deployment for over eight years and last night something triggered me to have a dream about being back there. Deployment memories came rushing back. And by something I know exactly what it was, a picture of dead […]
3 Things Women Can’t Live Without After Leaving the Military
As I sit here amongst boxes filled with our belongings, I try to find the ability to unwind from all the chaos that comes with moving across the country. You might think I’d be used to moving. But every time we move life is different. I have begun to realize the importance of certain items […]
The Ripple of September 11th
September 11th was like a rock being dropped into a pond of my life. It started out a big event that happened, but the ripple that started changed my life completely. For so many people the effects of September 11th were felt right away as people lost family and friends on that day. Our military […]
There’s a Difference between Military Spouses and Veterans
My family attended a ceremony a few months ago. The announcer asked people who were military veterans and military spouses to raise their hand. My hand went up next to my husbands, as did my blood pressure. You see I am a military spouse. And I would be the first to tell you how hard it […]
For when you can’t unpack another box
To the military spouse who can’t unpack another box, I can’t even open one more box. Moving is emotionally so hard. First, you have to pack up all your stuff and then you move to your new location, find a home and then your stuff arrives. And you start unpacking. First with gusto as you […]
Motherhood Wasn’t What I Expected
My journey from military to motherhood didn’t go quite like I expected. Go and have children they said… You can stay at home with the kids and life will be easy… So…I took the bait, but they were wrong. So very wrong. Before I left the military behind to become a stay at home mom […]
