This week is Veteran’s Day, and as the wife of a veteran it’s a holiday full of meaning for me. In honor of Veteran’s Day, I thought I’d share this letter that I wrote to Alan on New Year’s Eve, 2003. Alan was in Iraq, and I was living in Texas. What started out as this nightmarish, depressing event (sending my husband to war–I was all of 22 years old) had gradually turned into a year of growth and new […]
» Read moreI guess life has settled down into a new normal here at our new casa. Thus begins the 1st year that you move somewhere. Oh, how I love that first year. (That’s sarcasm.) This is the year when you walk around confused because you don’t get it yet, and you don’t know how to fit in either. You leave extra early to get places because 8 times out of 10, you are going to get lost. It’s a year of […]
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We’ve been living in our new house for a solid week now. Many interesting things have happened. First, there was a fresh new medical problem…oh, the joys of mortal life… I spent the plane ride out here in intense physical pain. I’m no stranger to pain, but this took over my entire abdomen and made for a miserable day. I was afraid to eat anything, for fear of making it worse. About all I ate that day was coffee and […]
» Read moreIt’s purely a man show this time, y’all. Last time it was just Alan and me. This time it’s Alan, Joshua, and Caleb.They are crossing the country mostly on I-40 riding in a full cab pick-up truck with a camper-cover. Is that what you call those things? I don’t know. It’s a truck with a hut built on it to keep your luggage dry. If you follow Alan on Facebook, then I have no news for you because Alan used […]
» Read moreI know you are probably expecting an update on the cross-country move. Well, all I can tell you is that: 1.) We are still negotiating repairs on our new house, which may end up delaying our move-in date. So so sad!! I’m choosing to hope for the best. Moving in July 1st or bust!!! 2.) JD and Dan are having trouble adjusting to the “bees”, and by bees, they mean GNATS. and 3.) The big boys spent their last day […]
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I’ve kept a tiny secret from my blog audience. Well, not all that tiny…8 pounds of secret at least… No…I didn’t have another baby. I did better than that. We brought this baby home with us, but we haven’t taken leave of our senses. We brought his mama home with us too. hehehe Aren’t they precious? It was just a few weeks, a few of the fastest weeks ever. See, Emma’s husband is a friend of ours, from church, and […]
» Read moreLately a few of my buddies have started something. It’s happened a few times over the years. I always get so excited when one of my real life friends starts…. A BLOG!!! I’m telling you, it’s the funnest thing, blogging. You don’t understand. You all are able to keep up with me, but I have the hardest time keeping up with YOU, unless you have a blog or update social media regularly. Katerina was one of my “park mom” friends […]
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good-bye hugs, as Alan departed for Afghanistan, for 6 months, 2011 from my Xanga series Fall 2011 We had such a good time with Jennings here! That girl cleaned like crazy. She must’ve run about 7 loads of laundry and 3 loads of dishes. She vacuumed, she straightened, and she even babysat. Now you don’t get too many friends like that in life! And I didn’t ask her to do any of it. It wasn’t all work. We also went […]
» Read moreIt’s tempting to think that being a military family means moving a lot, long term separations, being tough, hanging the American flag, and feeling honored on Veteran’s Day. We are the patriots. We make the sacrifices. Go us. But you know what? It’s not about that, not really. It’s really all about freedom and protecting that freedom. It’s about being there when your country needs you. It’s about doing things other people do not want to do–doing things I don’t […]
» Read moreI am so thankful that my dad turned out to be more than just a great dad. He turned out to be an amazing Granddaddy, or as the boys say, “the best granddaddy in the whole world.” Joshua said that this morning. Now that’s not to overlook DaddyO, as he is the greatest DaddyO in the whole world. 😉 Of course, before he was the greatest granddaddy, he was the greatest dad, and he still is. My dad did a […]
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