It’s the million dollar question. I’ve had so many of you ask, “but why did you move onto base? Your off-base home seemed like the perfect setup! It was so cute!” etc. And you’re not wrong. We loved our off-base home. We loved our little English village. We loved our neighbors and, most importantly, we […]
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This post is made possible with support from the Wounded Warrior Project. All opinions are my own. It’s no secret that we recently went through a deployment. (It’s no secret due to the fact that I was very vocal about it …. perhaps, some may even say, “whiny” … ( … you know who you […]
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Why I hate it when you tell me “I could never do that.”
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I have wanted to put these words on paper for years now. But I am not Louisa May Alcott. I am not eloquent or poetic. And I use phrases like “totes” and “I can’t even”. I’d rather appeal to my readers’ humor than their “feels”. But this has weighed on my heart heavy, especially during […]