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 […]
Category Archives: Military Life
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 […]
Going Home from Afghanistan: Hurry Up and Wait
Going home from Afghanistan is a lot of hurry up and wait. You probalby don’t realize the process it takes to get you from Afghanistan and back to the United States. Some of it makes sense, some of it is just a part of the military. Here is part of the story of going home […]
