My 6-year-old son has a pretty cool life. Wouldn’t it be fun to trade places with him for a day? Here are my… Top 10 Reasons Why I’d Love to Spend a Day in My Son’s Shoes 10) He sleeps in a room protected by super heroes, evil aliens, and powerful robots. Who needs an […] Read more…
Baseball Reconsidered
Big C’s baseball season is officially over. After a disappointing loss in the championship game of the playoffs, he received his trophy, bid farewell to his teammates, and retired his cleats that will be too small the next time he’ll need them. No more late practices. No more hot games. When the season first started in April, I wrote about my dissatisfaction with […] Read more…
Support on the Home Front
My latest Blue Star Families post: Support on the Home Front Last week my in-laws visited to offer some relief from my deployment-induced single parenting duties. I took advantage of every second I had to myself. I practically skipped through the aisles of Wal-Mart as I dropped items into a cart that held no screeching toddler. […] Read more…
Top 10 Things That Made Me Smile In the Last Week
Sometimes life passes by so quickly that I forget to savor the moments that make me smile. So today I’m taking the time to think about those moments. Here are my… Top 10 Things That Made Me Smile in the Last Week 10) Watching a women riding a bike while reading a book. I couldn’t […] Read more…
The Tooth Fairy Cometh
My son Big C lost his 1st tooth yesterday. Weeks of light wiggling led to weeks of heavier movement, and finally last week it grew so loose that both of his grandfathers threatened to tie a string around it and yank away. But yesterday he did it all himself. My little man reached in and pulled […] Read more…
Deployment Songs
***AUTHOR’S NOTE*** I wrote this quite awhile ago, and I’m thrilled that it is still my most popular post and I continue to receive comments with additional songs. Make sure you read the comments after the post because the list goes on long after the post ends. I love music. It helps me escape a bad mood and gets me […] Read more…
