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Deployment Diaries: How to Go Weeks Without Speaking to Your SO

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

*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

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

For two years now, Charleston has become my second home and it wasn’t too traumatic on my wallet most of the time. My airline tickets...

Jun 19, 20174 min read

Taylor has been pretty grumpy lately (for good reason too) so I went last weekend for two days to cheer him up a bit. It was a normal...

May 15, 20173 min read

A few months ago, I became familiar with the idea of minimalism or the idea that we don’t need things to be happy. We only need what is...

May 8, 20172 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

My best friend at work bought tickets the other day for her and her boyfriend to fly round- trip to Denver, Colorado…for $50 each. That...

Jan 17, 20172 min read