1st Place ( Staying Connected ): Amazon Kindle – Ebook Reader Leatherman – LE:Blast Black $100 Amazon Gift Card 2nd Place ( An American in Japan ): Leatherman – LE:Blast Black $75 Amazon Gift Card 3rd Place ( A Different Kind of Family ): $50 Amazon Gift Card Tweet and Win ( Daily Dwelling ): […]
Writing Contest
An American In Japan
I peeked out the kitchen window to spy the three men standing outside my house as they savored the last few puffs on their cigarettes. The truck they pulled up in dwarfed the narrow street, and I wondered if my neighbors were peeking out their own windows to see what all the commotion was about. […]
What Happened Now
My husband told me that on a daily basis from the moment I dropped him off in a parking lot to get on a bus to start Deployment 3. Every day it feels as though I had something else to report on the house falling apart, something breaking, or just traumatic experiences. So I have […]
A Different Kind Of Family
During the four months that my husband was at basic training I did a lot of leaning on our families for help and moral support. They were fantastic, but they didn’t quite get it. I knew that we would miss them all when we went to our first duty station, but at that point we […]
Staying Connected During Deployment
Having a parent deployed, regardless of the capacity, can have a profound and devastating effect on a child. Helping them stay connected to their deployed parent in some way is an important part of growing up in a military household. It’s equally important, though not to dwell on the issue, you have to find the […]
My Son Is Chinese Thoughts On Multiculturalism
My son Harold is not adopted. Despite being born in mainland China, he is the biological son of my husband and me. My husband served as a military attaché for the American Embassy while we were stationed in China. Upon hearing that our son was born in China, much of the public asks if he […]
PTSD 30 Second Commercial
I was doing my usual commenting on one of my favorite Facebook sites, “Military with PTSD”, when I noticed a pattern. It seemed like all the wives were sick and tired of the behavior of their soldiers and were at their ropes end and wanted answers. Many of the responses were that they should wait […]
