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How to Say Goodbye to Your Soldier the “Right” Way
This post is for my fellow over-thinkers! If you have already said “goodbye” before, or don’t like the nuances of goodbyes, this post is not for you! Just scroll past and read my Open Letter. I may or may not need to get the obvious out of the way: at some point in every single military career,…
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10 Cheap and Quick Ways to Make Military Housing Home
I have had the distinct joy/pleasure/utter confusion of turning a blank, empty, sterile, foreign house into my very own home. 12 times. Not including college dorm rooms. Which would tack on an extra 5 living spaces. It can get expensive. But it doesn’t have to. It can be time consuming too. But it doesn’t…
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One Detail Every Military Family Should Know About Their Own Family
Have you ever taken a personality test and had the results *emailed* to you? Meyers-Briggs, Kiersey Personalities, Enneagram, Spirit Animal…everyone’s taken a million tests (at least I have) to try best define their personality. Personally, I love reading the results. And for a long time, that was the extent of my research. I basically researched myself…
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Duty Station Spotlight: Fort Bragg, NC
Today I’m sharing the best of Fort Bragg. I lived there for nine years (longer than anywhere else ever). Granted, seven years were spent as a child and two were spent as an adult. But during my adulting there, I definitely found it to be “home.” I know everyone has a different experience when they…
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Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! It’s that time of year! Not just one to make flag fruit salad though (even though apparently Pinterest is currently showing red, white, and blue food as one of it’s top trends). But today we celebrate the flag itself and what it stands for. We celebrate American freedom! 🇺🇸 Here’s some Independence Day inspiration: The…
