If you are a military wife (active, reserve, Guard, IRR, even retired) and you live in the Middle Tennessee area or perhaps around Ft. Campbell in Clarksville, Ky., or further south near Redstone Arsenal around Huntsville, Ala., you won’t want to miss what we’ve got happening in September!! Tuesday, September 4, at 6:30 p.m. at

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A couple of articles came to me over the weekend, talking about how support of deployed troops shouldn’t abruptly end after they come home. Homecomings, in fact, can be the most challenging part of a deployment. Time and distance have separated a family, and no matter how hard a family may work at keeping connected,

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What a fantastic idea – if you are part of a church looking for ways to support military families (and I know you’re out there because several of you have contacted me over the last few weeks asking how you can help) – read this article for one idea you can do. Linda Kalwasinski filled

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Here’s an informative and thoughtful article I ran across from a reservist who recently returned from a deployment to Iraq. The support of family and friends always leaves me feeling humbled. Terri, my wife managed the business, kept our household together and sent me and my fellow soldiers cookies and care packages. She did not

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Fox17 is running their third installment this week of the year-long series they are doing on our family as we go through deployment. I will add the links here as they become available. The great thing about the segments being online after they run on air is that Cliff doesn’t have to wait for me

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We had our July monthly meeting of Wives of Faith last night and it was such a good time of fellowship, prayer support and planning for some new things coming down the pike. It’s almost hard to put into words how grateful I am for the women in the group. All of these ladies have

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Fox17 will be running another installment next week on the series they’re doing on our family this year. Last night they ran a special segment for the Fourth of July. (Link is to Windows Media Player, 300K. Other options are available on Fox’s site.) Next week’s coverage will be neat – they interviewed Cliff’s parents,

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Interesting article from USA Today… the National Guard passed their goal for recruits this year, reaching their highest levels since 9/11. Part of the success is being attributed to bonuses being given to Guardsmen already serving, who help enlist their friends and family. Many Guard members, who are not full-time uniformed recruiters, served overseas and

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I have to be honest and admit I have mixed feelings today. I’m not in a huge celebratory mood. While other families are grilling out and going to the park or going to some huge fireworks display today, I’m hanging out at our house, willing myself to get through the day for our little boy.

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There is something about blogging that makes people feel a whole lot closer than they are. Maybe it’s because you share yourself more than we do when we’re actually sitting down together instead of at separate keyboards. There’s also something about being a military wife that makes it easy to meet other military wives because

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