I love it when people ask me “how do you do it?” As if I grew up all my life thinking I would love to take on the challenge of Army wife life. Oh gee, I’m so excited let me marry some guy that is going to potentially be away from me for very long periods of time while constantly in harms way. I’ll get to parent on my own? Fabulous! Oh, he’ll miss anniversaries and my birthday? Yippee! What? I get to live somewhere far from my family in the middle of nowhere? Yes! In this day where terrorism threatens our world and evil may lurk around any corner, we can live in fear that we are not safe, or that our soldier is not safe or we can celebrate the moments we have before us. There will be times when you and your soldier are Read more…
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Category Archives: Lifetime BlogsJust last week I was talking with the girls on Army Wife Talk Radio about the experiences we have had as Army wives. We talked about our first impressions and how those impressions have changed through experiences and years. One of the things my good friend Sarah said to me when we were talking was that the best part of being an Army wife was the friends and family that you made along the way. That got us both talking about our shared experiences back in the day at Fort Hood. She was a military girlfriend when I met her. My husband and her husband attended Officer’s Basic Course (OBC) together and ironically lived up the street from us at the time. I can’t recall the very first moment that I met her, but I do remember many great times. Read more… Can you ever truly prepare for a deployment? I mean really. I’ve been through three separations now and I can honestly say that each one of them was completely different. I just wish I could be prepared for what I was about to experience. During each one I was at a different part of my life, a different part of my career, and a different part of my family’s life. I’ve done one where I lived near family, one where we had just PCS’d and one where I gave birth to a brand new baby while he was away. Let me stand here and tell you no one can prepare you for that. Sure, there are things we can do like get all of our care package supplies together, fill out our power of attorney, make sure we have the daddy dolls and the stories all videotaped. Read more… Dish the dirt, chew the fat, spread the news, spill the beans, wag your tongue…whatever you choose to call it, its gossip. Most of us in the Army associate the word gossip with something bad or scandalous that has happened. Why shouldn’t we? It usually is. As a culture we are informational and sensational creatures. Take a look at popular magazines like People, Star, or US. Peek into the world of television on shows from Dr. Phil to Jerry Springer. Gossip creates drama and people love drama. Gossip is hot, there is no denying it. The juicier it is the faster it spreads and especially in the military community it can really hurt. You might be gossiping about something completely untrue. You might not be thinking about who is on the other Read more… When I met my husband we were 16 and 17 years old. I never really imagined that I would be where I am today. He graduated high school, and college, and went on through Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC). I graduated high school, went to college part time, and worked. My first significant job was at JCPenney in the shoe department. From there, I got recruited to work for Banister Shoe (a division of Nine West Group, Inc.). I worked at Banister as a manager until Kevin got his orders to our first duty station, Fort Hood, TX. I wasn’t done with college; I didn’t have any part of a degree, and now I wouldn’t have a job. This was not how I envisioned my life. Fortunately, I was able to transfer to a Nine West Group, Inc. store in Austin, Read more… |