Month: June 2011

School’s Out for Summer!

Yesterday was my last day of school.  And I have to admit, I was as excited as the kids were at the prospect of a summer without homework, rules, and alarm clocks.  I’ve been making a list of all the things I’d like to do while I’m home for the summer, and I can’t wait to […] Read more…

Controversy

I am probably the least confrontational person on this planet.  I don’t like to rock the boat.  I don’t like to offend anybody.  I don’t like to see anybody being verbally attacked (nor do I like to be verbally attacked myself).  I’m a people pleaser.  I just want everyone to get along. Despite all that, […] Read more…

“Alice Bliss”: A Book Review

The following is a book review I wrote for the Homefront United Network… When I first started reading Alice Bliss, a novel by Laura Harrington about a teenage girl coping with her father’s deployment to Iraq, I had no intention of getting overly emotional.  I’ve lived through my husband’s deployments.  I’ve lived vicariously through friends’ deployments.  I’ve read military […] Read more…

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