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Do you try and stop yourself from feeling the hurt that comes when starting over? As a military wife, “starting over” and “loneliness” are a few of my close friends. They aren’t exactly the company I like to keep, and it might sound crazy, but some of the very best relationships in my life have […]
Limbo is over now comes the PCS anxiety. The Air Force told us where we are going. And weirdly we are going where we were hoping to go. It is the job my husband wanted and I had already started dreaming about all the good things that could happen when we move there. The news […]
The military has this window of time while you are waiting on the military, waiting for an assignment. At some points in your career there are things you can do to help direct where you go. At other points, you are sitting and waiting on the military to make its move. You fill out the […]
When you join the military, you are given an unexpected treat. An instant friendship with those around you. You have people who you instantly connect with and the only common denominator is that you are serving in the military. Maybe they won’t be your best friend and you may not even end up liking each […]
I have always heard about tribes and you know your people. Your community. But I have never been one to have people that I relied on. Maybe you are like me and have an I can do it attitude. You know that if you just pull yourself up from your bootstraps and go everything will […]
One word to focus on and I decided to pick ENJOY. And I plan to stay focused and enjoy life! For us, it is a moving year. After being planted for four years in California close to family we are being sent across the country to the East Coast. Our roots have grown pretty deep […]
I’m standing in a room full of people who are honoring my sacrifice of being a military veteran. Often when people hear about the military they hear of moving regularly, deploying to war and losing loved ones. And yes, there is that, but there is also so much goodness in those hard times and sacrifice. […]
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 […]
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 […]
When you move to a new place often you don’t know anyone. Sometime you get lucky and can get connected because a friend of a friend lives there and other times you have to start from scratch. You look at your list of who you can call if you are faced with an emergency and […]
