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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 […]
Are you leaving the military? You might think the transition after leaving the military and going from military to civilian is an easy one. But for me and many of the women I have talked to on the Women of the Military Podcast transitioning out of the military is anything but easy. Transitions are hard, […]
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 […]
Sometimes I feel as though I am making a choice between my children and my life. I feel pulled in two very different directions that makes me feel as if I take care of one I’m neglecting the other. I’m trying to find balance in life, but it is so hard. Before I became a […]
When I was in the military I was part of the military spouse community. I enjoyed spending time with my friends who were military spouses, but I didn’t quite understand what they were going. Then I left the military and my military spouse perspective shifted. The military spouse community is a pretty unique group. They […]
The military requires families to move and it seems like once you are settled it is time to pack up again. How do you make a house into a home? When I went to my deployment in Afghanistan I lived in a building for a few months for training in Indiana. Then a tent for […]
One of the most important pieces of equipment the military gives you when you are heading off to a combat zone is a helmet. It protects your head from possible attack. And although it is a good thing the first few days you wear it, it really hurts. The pads in it that should make […]
When I found out I was deploying to Afghanistan with an Army unit I did not have a lot of hope that I would survive the nine months in Afghanistan. I guess, in truth, I wasn’t even sure I would make it through the winter in Indiana for training. When I left for training, I […]
Home is where the heart is. Or for a military family, it is wherever you are currently. When I think about home I think about where my family is. There are so many things that are hard about military life, but I think moving is one of the hardest parts. But in a way my […]
Some people say I am brave because I went to Afghanistan. And I guess maybe I am. But I can tell you that fear was alongside my bravery. I think a lot of people look at people’s stories and just see the ending and not the fact that there is fear and struggle along the […]
