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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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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So as a special surprise for my husband for our 10th anniversary that’s coming up at the end of this week (honey, if you end up reading this… well, SURPRISE!), I took our VHS tapes of our wedding and reception to get converted to DVD. The store messed up and gave me two copies of

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Here’s an article that serves as a good reminder that even as Reservists and Reservist spouses sometimes feel a disconnect, kids of reservist families can feel even more so. I think the military understands how out of the loop Reservist and National Guard families feel, particularly with the multiple deployments and very little connection to

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As I think about my own husband today who is away from his son on Father’s Day (that’s Ciff and Caleb at Disney Land during Family Weekend before he left for Iraq), I ran across this story about all the dads serving our country today who are away from their kids. The story leads with

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