attitude

20 Reasons I Love Being a Military Spouse

So while the cardboard boxes were still on the curb, I was sitting on my sofa setting up my wishlist…

6 years ago

Day 2: Tackling Low Self Esteem with Truth and List Making

I'm no expert here, but I think the first step is realizing that this is a problem. It's not a…

6 years ago

Disappointments and Limitations: Starting a New School in a New State

School started back yesterday.  This was an exciting event that I'd finished in high gloss and framed in my mind…

6 years ago

The Real Army Wives Series: Merry Christmas To Iraq, 2003

***This post belongs to a series of posts detailing life as a 22-year-old military wife, back in the beginning of…

6 years ago

Why I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions

Happy 2018, friends!!!! I'm so excited to introduce y'all to my friend Amy Lloyd today. We met back in 2010,…

6 years ago

Hey, Mom with the Messy House, It’s Okay. Be Thankful

Here is a tiny peek into my own messy house: My coffee table is covered in children's books, a box…

7 years ago

New Friends, The Beefcake, & My Nemesis the Lawnmower

One day in May, Alan called from Tikrit, Iraq, where he was serving with the 1/22 Infantry. When you only…

7 years ago

Why I want to be just like my kindergartener when I grow up

Ya'll. This boy! It's like he's good at everything I want to be good at. He leaves me with my…

7 years ago

It was not a failure, though I thought it was at the time.

Failure stings when it's something that means the world to you. It stings like getting stung by a HIVE OF…

7 years ago

Our Top 10 Stories from 2016: The Drama Year

Christmas is over, and boy, was it a good one. In the photo above, all 4 boys were watching the…

7 years ago