Most people don’t know that Eloise is our rainbow baby. In April of 2019 I had an early miscarriage/chemical pregnancy. And I never talked about it. Not out of a sense of guilt or shame. But because the situation just made it…weird. I had always admired women who shared about their loss. It’s surprisingly common […]
Deployment Homecoming: Pandemic Edition
My husband is finally home y’all! And it was absolutely nothing like the way I pictured it when he left. Like. At all. That’s 2020 in a nutshell though isn’t it? People who say that the last month of deployment is the longest are clearly not moving cross country with kids and pets, setting up […]
Tuesday Morning Coffee: 5/26/20
Good morning. It’s been another week so I hope you’ll join me for a coffee chat. – Eloise turned 4 months old this week. I can’t believe how fast she’s growing up. She’s getting so close to rolling over and loves to “stand up” with some help of course. Today she has her doctors appointment […]
Because Memorial Day is freaking hard
This past weekend I’ve seen so many posts reminding people what Memorial Day is all about. And that’s awesome because it’s a super important day. But I mentally can’t spend all of Memorial Day the way it was “intended.” Especially this year. This year is too heavy already. I’ve seen other posts about “observing” vs […]
Tuesday Morning Coffee: 5/19/20
Good morning friends! How are we holding up? I’ve been a little behind posting these Tuesday morning chats…because honestly life has been a whole lot overwhelming but also not very exciting all at once. But my guess is that most people are feeling that way lately. So if you’ve been stuck in a rut, I […]
The First Deployment With Kids
The first deployment with kids…because it’s a totally different rodeo! #deployment #milspousemonday
The Importance of a Future Dream
Military life means that a lot of things are out of your control. The biggest thing is that where you move, and how often, is ultimately up to somebody else. Somebody who really doesn’t care what you think. Sounds a lot like life right now during the COVID-19 lockdown too right? Just like people are […]
Tuesday Morning Coffee: 3/31/20
We’ve officially made it to the end of March!!! I thought January felt forever long….but now I am fully aware that was just a warm up for March. And if I’m being honest, April is starting to look like it might last forever too. I told our pediatrician yesterday that it felt like we should […]
When deployment meets a global pandemic
Coronavirus. And deployment. All at once. This is fun right? I was getting a little confident, thinking this deployment was almost over and I had done pretty well. Sure I moved home with my mom to have some help, but I had done holidays, an ER trip for the toddler, and had a baby all […]
Tuesday Morning Coffee: 3/17/20
Gooooooood morning! If you’ve been around here a while, you may remember that I used to do a post that was basically a virtual coffee date on Tuesday mornings. It was my take on something my gramma has been doing for years. Of course her version is in person rather than digital, but at the […]