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Goodbye, 2016!
Well, it’s time to say goodbye 2016! This year held a lot for me. A lot can happen in 365 days. A lot did happen. The Army threw a lot of curveballs at us, most of which were really good. (ironic right?) Life threw a lot of curveballs at us. Some of those were not-so-good. We got in a…
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5 Christmas Traditions for Military Families Facing Separation
If you are a military spouse then you have probably spent your fair share of holidays apart from your spouse. Our first Thanksgiving married was celebrated via Skype, and to this day, we still have yet to spend a single Halloween together! (edited in 2018: our “first” Halloween was our fourth one together!) The separation can be…
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What to Buy After Christmas
You’ve seen the sales after Christmas. It’s all too tempting. Though there are remarkably less piles of merchandise spilling out of stores the day or two after Christmas, they’re still there. And they’re calling out to us all. It’s partly a marketing ploy (as they have overproduced for the holidays just for this reason) and also just…