One of the toughest times for a military wife is the season of deployment. I don’t care how strong your faith is, how deep your relationship with God has become – you will have moments of despair, feelings of hopelessness and silent prayers that things were not the way they were.

It occurred to me that some of you reading my last post might be new readers and not know about our marble jars I mentioned we used during deployment. This is the main way I used with our son to count down Cliff’s first deployment and we will most likely use them again when the

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We interrupt this sunny weekend to write a quick post about something fun our family is going to try this summer. I thought you might also be able to use this idea if you’re already wondering how you can get some good family time in without breaking the bank and before you hear “Mom, I’m

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UPDATE: Here is the survey link I promised. If you are a Guard or Reserve member currently unemployed, or your spouse who is a Guard or Reserve member is, please take my survey. Next month will mark one year that my husband has been without a full time job. His position was eliminated by his

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Goodness, is it already Thursday afternoon! Time has gone by fast today and I realized I haven’t had a chance to blog. So allow me this “freebie” today with a Thankful Thursday theme. I’m thankful for God’s provision during tight times… I’m thankful for a husband and a son who love me unconditionally through the

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This week has some good things happening and some not so good things happening. The really good thing is that the book cover for GOD Strong: The Military Wife’s Spiritual Survival Guide has been chosen, which I’m very excited about!

After a wonderful restful day yesterday spending Mother’s Day with my two favorite guys in the world, my husband and my son (even though we spent the majority of time in the car driving to and back from Millington on a Navy uniform run), I must have felt energetic this morning when I woke up

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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I probably won’t be online much. After church, we are hitting the road for a “fun” day trip to Millington. Cliff has a uniform inspection coming up and he needs a couple of things and the closest Navy shop is in Millington where he drills, four hours away from where

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Today is Military Spouse Appreciation Day and to all of you military spouses out there, here’s to a job well done and here’s wishing you the best day imagineable! A Day for You, the Military Spouseby Sara Horn A day where no uniforms need mending or patches sewn on;A day where nothing breaks down when

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I’ve been on Facebook and Twitter for a while now and there is one thing that has been nagging at me lately. It has to do with people praying through their statuses. Let me give this example: “God, help me be your servant today so everything I do honors you.” In itself, it’s not bad.

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