They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but it is also all too easy for distance to make the...

Sounds like the great premise to a dirty joke doesn’t it? In fact, it is the opening of my first...

What. A. Year! Had someone told me this time last year what was coming, I never would have believed them....

“I think I knew when we went to Myrtle Beach that this wasn’t going to work.” That’s what he said...

“Honey, I got my orders. We’re going to…..” Aren’t those our favorite words? Need an extra cup of coffee to get through...

This week I am at the end of the rope with my husband’s branch of service. You see, he’s about...

We have all heard the phrase “it’s not what you know, but who you know.” In the military this applies...

They say it takes a village, and while I know that the statement refers generally to raising kids, I am...

Over the last few years, the idea of a “staycation” has become a popular alternative to the “traditional” family vacation....

Like many veterans, once I separated from service I decided to take full advantage of my GI Bill. After my...

I don’t know why it is, but every year around this time I start to turn into a bit of...

As I sit here typing I can hear Chip and Joanna discussing how a little shiplap will fix everything and...

Back in September, a Marine I knew from deployment popped up after a couple years. In the military, friends come and...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but can you recall...

While the majority of us are breaking out Christmas trees and telling children that their Elf of a Shelf is...

In the past few years there have been a few major newsworthy breaches in American security. From the Yahoo email...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to me to be a veteran. I have never hidden...

When I first thought about getting out of the Navy, I was only thinking about all the things I could...