I don’t think I’ve ever endorsed a movie from this blog, but this movie was so good, it was my first thought after my husband, little boy and I left the theater last night. “The Game Plan” was absolutely the best family-friendly movie I have seen not just this year, but probably in the last

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“Our nation can not go to war unless we take main street, the hair dresser, the assistant principal, the insurance salesman and the guy at the gas station. They have to go to war to find out what we’re doing is just and go back and tell America that what we’re doing is right, giving

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Cliff called from Bangor, Maine this morning about 2:30 a.m. He is back on American soil and we are so excited! Still unsure as to when he will be home exactly, but that will be the next piece of info we find out next and we are looking forward to it! Our little boy is

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My husband is on his way home. I got his call last night while I was at choir practice. It was very late and he was very tired but he told me they had made it. He was in Kuwait and it won’t be long before he’s back in the States and then back with

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One of the biggest challenges National Guard and Reserve members and their families face when deployments occur is dealing with the workplace back home. Deployments put civilian jobs on hold and fears of financial losses, missing opportunities for promotion, and worries about when a servicemember comes home can really impact and affect a family. It’s

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From the Northwest Florida Daily News… Iraqi Air Force Gets Rebuilt For an American officer used to the organization and structure of the U.S. Air Force, Maj. Tim Teets finds reconstituting the decimated Iraqi Air Force a particular challenge. Working with the Coalition Air Forces Transition Team, or CAFT-T, for the last two months, Maj.

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The Tennessean called me two days ago and asked if I would participate in their editorial page topic today and I agreed. Here is a link for those wishing to read it. My original title – Cost of War Doesn’t Outweigh Cost of Failure Since I started this blog, it’s been my policy NOT to

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Since I was a student in high school, I’ve wanted to make a difference. If I saw a need, I was never one of those people who said “someone should do something.” I always tried to find a way to help. That’s probably one of the reasons my extracurricular activities in school far outweighed my

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Real quick… today is D-Day for our Wives of Faith “Night With Friends” event and I am rushing off for what will be a busy day. Thank you for all the emails letting me know you’re praying for me and for the ladies tonight – it’s blessed me more than you know!! I have averaged

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