#relationships

I Am Finally Back and Have Brought a New, Slobbering, Furry Addition With Me

I am currently writing on the patio of our new apartment with the newest addition to our family chewing my big toe. It has been a long...

Aug 20, 20192 min read

Two months ago, I packed my entire life up into my Honda Civic and drove across the country to finally close this damn distance between...

Nov 29, 20182 min read

Every deployment and situation is different. You may go through a deployment and have decent communication the whole way through or there...

Dec 18, 20173 min read

I’ve heard it at least three times since I came back from Hawaii…how silly or naive I am for being a military significant other. I...

Nov 29, 20172 min read

*For the safety of my sailor and his boat, there are no dates, locations or names posted. The article has been written and posted after...

Aug 28, 20175 min read

For two years I have had more people than I can count ask me, “How do you do it?” And I have never had an answer. I didn’t really know...

Jul 31, 20172 min read

You’ve just spent this amazing few weeks with your SO filled with lots of love, companionship, laughter, fun-filled plans and parties....

Jul 12, 20173 min read

Military relationships are not Dear John. It’s not romantic. It’s not wonderful. When you ask a little girl where she sees herself one...

Jul 3, 20172 min read

There is no denying that distance is hard and I would be silly if I told you that I have found a way to deal with it completely. I...

Jun 26, 20173 min read

I hear all the stories. The ones where a sailor comes home and the house that once held his valuables, his life and his wife is now...

Apr 24, 20174 min read

Christmas was great and everything but what I really wanted was for it to be December 28th, particularly at 7am when Taylor’s plane would...

Jan 2, 20171 min read