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10+ Reasons Every Army Family Should Try Minimalism
I’m late to the party. Again. This time, the party I’m late to is the Pinterest-worthy, Instagram-featured stark white, and most importantly clean homes of the millennial generation. Gen Z might like to knock us for our side parts and skinny jeans but one thing we have gotten right is minimalism. Maybe not minimalism in…
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Supporting Your Soldier (And You) During *These* Times
This is not the post I planned to publish today, but we keep it real over here so this is going live instead. I wrote a rough draft of this post during the time that troops were pulling out of Afghanistan and its effects made waves among military families and our community’s emotional compass. Now it’s March 2022…
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Twenty Years
It’s been twenty years of never forgetting… It’s been twenty years of “before 9-11” and “on 9-11” and “after 9-11.” Today, and always, we honor the heroes who fell. Today, and always, we remember the families who are still missing their loved ones. And for many of us, we are still affected by, processing,…
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My Return: A Blog Story About Coming Back to the Light
Well, I’m finally hitting ‘publish’ again. “What will this blog really contribute to society?” It’s an existential question I find myself (hi, a melancholic!) asking myself from time to time. If you’re familiar with personality tests, I am an INFP, melancholic (primary), enneagram 2 wing 1. Basically: I like things to have a ‘higher’ purpose in…
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Live Every Day as Though it’s September 12
9-11 is a relevant date, every day of the year, every year. For many of us, our life has a before 9-11 phase and a post 9-11 phase. We never mix the two up. We can’t. And usually, every year I post something on the memorial of 9-11 to remember with the rest of the USA…
