When I still lived in New Hampshire, I worked in the paint department of an interior decorating center. One of my favorite pair of painters, two young, driven ladies, came in for their usual large order of Benjamin Moore Aura paint. On this particular day, however, I noticed that one of them sported a beautiful and elaborate tattoo on her ... Read More »
Being a new military spouse is a trying time. Learning the ropes seems nearly impossible at times. Add into the mix a deployment and many new spouses feel ready to give up. Having lived through 2 deployments with my ex, I’d like to share some tips that got me through. 1. Stay busy! Don’t wallow in your loneliness or fear. ... Read More »
We were flying above the Pacific Ocean, people were reading, snoozing and relaxing. People besides me, because I was traveling internationally with a toddler. The first hint of things to come was in Korea. We had a 2 hour layover and he ran away from me and tried to climb on the luggage carousel. Traveling internationally used to mean drinking ... Read More »
Baghdad, Iraq, 21 March 2010. It’s roughly 0300, and I’m following a trail of glowing lights through the darkness of Camp Victory toward the billeting office, like so many other activities in Iraq managed by KBR, the ubiquitous former Halliburton subsidiary. For roughly three-quarters of the company, this represents the end of a journey that started on 10 March at Camp ... Read More »
The death of a soldier is something most harden themselves against. On September 11, 2011, Americans mourned the loss of over three thousand innocent civilians, but mentioned barely a word of the thousands of dead from the following wars and rightly so. A soldier knows the risk when he/she signs up for service. Death is a risk that comes with ... Read More »
It isn’t an easy task to be a parent. It gets even more difficult if one of the parents is deployed. Spouse of military personnel know firsthand what it is like to be a single parent and a part of a pair of parents. When one of the parents is gone a lot, it can get very confusing for the ... Read More »
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