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

Army Wives, attitude, deployment, military life

***This post belongs to a series of posts detailing life as a 22-year-old military wife, back in the beginning of the War on Terrorism. To read it from the beginning, start here. To read the  chapter before this one, click here.*** Christmas arrived. I could ignore it in my sadness over not having Alan with me, or I could embrace it for the fact that it was still Christmas. Truthfully, it was not a sad time anymore. I had Elsie, Kayla, […]

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I have missed you, and I’m back.

family, friends, God, military life, moving

  It’s been a month now since we moved into our new home in Virginia. It’s been 6 months since I blogged regularly, and there is so much I could tell you, I almost don’t know where to begin! This move, our 10th as a military family, is complete. We are still fulfilling medical requirements and registering for things like school in the fall, but for the most part, we are finished. It’s time to get back to blogging, which […]

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We were on a BREAK!! (a blogging break)

blog, funny stories, parenting

Last year I began to get burned out on the blog. It used to be this thing that I ran to for stress relief, but somehow it didn’t feel like that anymore. The blog started to feel like work, and I started caring about what other people thought about what I wrote, which isn’t like me. Weird. I blogged out of obligation, so naturally, those posts weren’t as fun to read, and I’ve been thinking about it again lately. Why? […]

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Inside the Saddam Hole, December 2003

Army Wives, deployment, military life, Real Army Wives, war letters

Alan and other members of his unit went over to the hole and took photos the next day.

Saddam Hussein was discovered on December 13th, and for you youngsters, Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq from 1979-2003. He was a notorious figure due

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The Job I Fell in Love with this Year

books, education, joy, love, stay-at-home mom

Yesterday was my volunteer day. That’s the one day per week where I basically go into work like most American adults. Ha! I put on my grown-up clothes–things like trousers instead of yoga pants–and I work for someone besides my family.

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House Hunting Time is Here!

Army Wives, faith, God, military life, moving, parenting, Virginia, washington dc
House Hunting Time again

But wait. Why should I allow this move to make me so crazy?

I need to s-l-o-w down. Take a few deep breaths. Trust Alan. Trust God. Everything will work out just fine. And no, I may not get everything exactly how I want it, but it will all

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When They Touched Us

Army Wives, deployment, faith, military life, Real Army Wives
The Real Army Wives Series When They Touched Us

Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 Alan, Hey! I’m in Houston, Texas! I’m sharing a room with Elsie. We left Killeen around 3:30 this afternoon. It’s Cloe, Elsie, Kayla, and myself. We all rode down in Cloe’s little 2-door Civic! it was a tight squeeze, but we’re having a lot of fun. We got here at night, so we haven’t gone anywhere yet. And don’t worry, we aren’t planning on spending much money at all. Tomorrow we’re going on a tour of […]

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Salvation in Time of War

Army Wives, Bible, faith

***This post is part of the series The Real Army Wives of Fort Hood. A new chapter appears each Monday….Okay, well I aim for Monday anyway! Enjoy! Click here for last week’s post.*** I am telling this particular story from my own faulty memory. Facts are as recalled, not necessarily completely accurate. While most of us were digging in to the second half of the year-long deployment, Sarah was preparing to welcome her husband Zack home from the war. Then […]

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The Future for Us and This Blog

big family life, blog, parenting

There is this one question people keep asking me lately. 1.) Are you moving this summer? Do you have orders yet? Yes and no. We are moving this summer, and we DO know where we are going. The person in charge of that has reassured Alan over and over again of where he’s assigned. However, we do not have orders yet, so until we do, we aren’t announcing it. Last time we moved, we made this big announcement to the […]

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