How do you tell someone how something so small meant so much? When I moved to Ohio it was the middle of winter. If you are from California that probably doesn’t mean much, but if you are from somewhere that actually has winter you will know that there isn’t a lot of activity going on […]
Category Archives: Military Life
Looking At 9/11 A Year After Leaving the Military
September 11th came this year and for the first time in over a decade I wasn’t in uniform. I was a cadet in the Reserve Officer Training Corp for four years and then served six years as an officer in the United States Air Force. For this year, some reason it hit me that this […]
Adventure to Afghanistan and My First Mission
This is the story of my first mission in Afghanistan. And to give you a back story. I spent nine months in Afghanistan and four months in Indiana for training. Pretty much you could say the whole year I was 25 I was on a side adventure to my life. I left for training when […]
I have made the Choice to Stay Home
I have made the choice to stay home with my son. Before he was born it was an easy choice. You know the one people commend you for and you have dreams of what it will be like to be at home with your perfect child. People told me I might get bored and I […]
Earthquake in Afghanistan
I survived a pretty big earthquake in Afghanistan. Here is a letter home about the uneventful, but slightly dramatic event. This update also provided other details about Afghanistan and me dreaming about going home. Earthquake in Afghanistan Last night is slept through a 6.3 earthquake. We don’t know where the earthquake center was, but my […]
Believe in yourself
It is another Tuesday and another prompt word. This week’s prompt is BELIEVE. I don’t really know where this post came from. It is one of my favorite parts about prompt word writing. You find out what is inside your mind waiting to come out. I hope you enjoy this post and how it ties […]
Afghanistan Through Pictures: A Peek Inside
Afghanistan through pictures from my Afghanistan deployment as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). It is adapted from a funny presentation my co-worker made right before it was time to head home. It will show you where we worked and pictures from around the base and Kapisa Province. We were at Forward Operating Base Morales […]
New Friendship: It Takes TIME to Get Settled When You Move
It takes time to get settled when you move. Time to make each new friendship. Time for your house to feel like a home. And it takes time to know you way around town. When I left Ohio I had friends for play dates, hiking and having fun. Now I live in California and luckily […]
Going to a Women’s Shelter in Afghanistan
I deployed to Afghanistan as part of a Provincial Recontruction Team in 2010. Today I’m sharing part of my experience of when we went to the capital to meet women in Afghanistan. If you would like to learn more about my deployment click here. Mission to the Capital of Kapisa to meet women in Afghanistan […]
Drive Across the Country – From Ohio to California
It took a week to drive across the country. We started in Ohio and ended in California. We finally made it, it was a lot of driving. On our drive across the country, we drove through Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and finally California. We Stopped A Davenport, IA (small town along […]
