I attended my first ever military retirement ceremony recently. In nineteen years as a military spouse, I attended numerous military functions, ceremonies, balls, and mandatory fun events, but this was my first retirement. As someone who was never that military wife that learned all the acronyms, memorized my husband’s alphanumeric code that represented his job…
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The Lonely Art of Parenting Teens- A Mother’s Day Tribute
At that moment of clarity, I could never have imagined what was in store for me or my family in the coming months. But in that moment, I gained emotional maturity that would carry me through… Recently, I was sitting at breakfast with my 16-year-old, who will remain nameless lest I embarrass her and…