You’ll find it in the program of most military ceremonies. It’s a brief—or lengthy—synopsis of the career, roles, awards, and accolades of the keynote speakers or guests of honor, with a small blip about their…

According to the Military Family Advisory Network, the average military family moves every 2.5 years. A military child of an active-duty service-member will change schools 6 to 9 times between Kindergarten and graduation. If a…

Parenting is not for the faint of heart and being a military parent adds layers of complexity that can make it even more challenging. We know that it can be difficult to figure out how…

In the military, we experience time differently. It’s marked in dwell time between deployments, the number of boot socks in the laundry, cadences, bugle calls, our PCS counts, and by “hundreds” rather than AM and…

Literature and pop culture have used, and overused, the metaphor “Life is a Journey.” However, no better metaphor exists to which a military wife can relate than that of going from place to place as…

Being a military spouse is no easy task. With the frequent deployments, moves, and changes in duty stations, it can often feel like you are wandering in a wilderness with no clear direction or purpose.…

I recently came across a 1941 quote by MG Edmund B. Gregory who was the Quartermaster General at the time.  Apparently he was fond of saying, “For us to fail to prepare is to prepare…

Coming back home is a time of joy and celebration. Veterans return to their loved ones and homes—a much-deserved reward for their hard work and incredible sacrifice.  But coming home is hard. In order for…

Have you ever experienced real forgiveness? Or the relief and freedom that comes with forgiving someone else? Forgiveness is that powerful. Accepting God’s forgiveness and then, in turn, learning to forgive is a major step…