As many military families may be able to attest to, deployment is never fully over. I think the tremors of the experience can be felt months, even years later, showing up unexpectedly and in different forms than you might think. And if you know another deployment is going to occur, trying to get back on

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It’s summer time and we are having fun! Caleb learned how to ride his bike (finally!) last week and it has been non-stop ever since! It’s been neat to see him waking up every morning and the first thing he asks if he can go outside and play (instead of asking if he can turn

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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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