“Thank You For Your Service” was not optimistic or pessimistic, angry or trite. It was simply, overwhelmingly honest. Like, two boxes of tissues honest.
Category Archive: military life
He cannot give me any sort of expected delivery window, which is all I really want…just a window so that I don’t feel powerless, with my schedule held hostage by the unknown. He hopes I have a great weekend. I hope he does not enjoy his weekend at all…
We honor the memory of fallen heroes on this day, including many who were much more than heroes to us–they were our friends.
A decade ago, our military was facing a dizzying op-tempo, coupled with the kind of violent warfare that my family, […]
This book…will serve as a valuable learning tool to emphasize to young writers the importance of maintaining a clear main idea in their writing and of utilizing an organized system of citation to give credence to their work.
Being involved in Army Life looks different for every family.
I tackled Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Antifragile slowly–both to reflect on Taleb’s ideas, and because reading this book is […]
The first time my Vagabond Soldier deployed to Afghanistan, resources about the country were hard to find, out […]
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1872-1918) In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, […]
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving at the destination. -Lao Tzu […]
