Rachael and I met while we were both stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She happened to be at Manas Transit Center when I flew home from Afghanistan. Manas was a much needed base to help people get in and out of Afghanistan. On my way home it was a place that I was […]
Category Archives: Military Life
Living and Surviving in Harms Way: Kapisa PRT, Afghanistan
My friend Katie* deployed with me to Afghanistan as part of the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). We met through our deployment and are still friends today. I love hearing her perspective because even though we deployed to the same place and the same mission (Kapisa PRT) we have a different perspective and share different stories. You […]
What a Timid Girl Learned to Survived 9 Months in Afghanistan
I’m kicking off the Deployment Stories with my Afghanistan Deployment. I was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 on a Provincial Reconstruction Team. This is Day 3 of my 31 Day Series. If you want to start at the beginning click here. You can also check out Women of the Military podcast to hear more stories […]
Curious About Different Types of Deployments?
Before I was in the military I really thought deployments were the way Hollywood portrays it. What do you think of when you hear the word deployment? What else do you have to go by if you don’t see or hear any other stories than what the news and Hollywood tell you. I quickly learned […]
Sharing Our Deployment Stories (31 Days)
We all have stories from our life experiences, but so many of those stories are left untold. For the month of October I’m focusing on Deployment Stories and writing everyday. Join me on a 31 Day adventure of Deployment Stories. Today, Americans know fewer veterans than any other generation and I think it is important […]
To Those Supporting Their Military Service Member
Did you know I still have most of my letters from my deployment? If you have been subscribed to my email list (click here if you want to join) or read the blog for very long you probably know I have the digital emails I sent home and am creating them into a book. But […]
How to Change Your Attitude Away from Military Bitterness
When God gives you a gift you can either take it or be bitter about it. How I changed my attitude toward military bitterness. In May, my husband found out that he was moving to a new job. Luckily, we didn’t have to move. For some reason when he came home and told me about […]
What Was Your Story Before Kids? Your Story Matters
I have been thinking a lot about how much change has happened in the past four years since becoming a mom. Sometimes I get stuck into thinking that mom life is my only story and that the person I was in the past has just faded away. But I am learning that your past shapes […]
Life Transition: Time to Start Over Again
With each life transition you keep some of the past as you head off to the new adventure, journey or life goal. Being a military spouse means added to the normal transitions of life we also add starting all over in a new place and a new adventure. My neighbor and I recently were discussing […]
4 Stages of PCS Grief
The military has a culture where everything is fine. There are often times you don’t have control over your life. Where you move, where and when your husband will be gone and it is all just fine. We have this “I can do it” motto we live by. Probably because that is the way it […]
