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Category Archive: military life

Reader Response: Thank You For Your Service

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“Thank You For Your Service” was not optimistic or pessimistic, angry or trite. It was simply, overwhelmingly honest. Like, two boxes of tissues honest.

October 19, 2018 Book Review, deployment, Improve Society, military life, MilSpouse, Reading for Pleasure

Too Many Fridays: Our Military Move

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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…

October 25, 2017 Finding Balance, military life

Memorial Day

Ft Drum 10th Mountain Memorial Gardens
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We honor the memory of fallen heroes on this day, including many who were much more than heroes to us–they were our friends.

May 25, 2017 Afghanistan, Finding Balance, military life

Deployment ’07: Extended Remix

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A decade ago, our military was facing a dizzying  op-tempo, coupled with the kind of violent warfare that my family, […]

April 29, 2017 Afghanistan, military life

Book Review & Library Lesson: Tribe

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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.

June 16, 2016 Afghanistan, Book Review, education, Improve Society, Inquiry, Knowledge Creation, Librarianship, military life, Reading for Pleasure, Uncategorized

An Involved Military Spouse

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Being involved in Army Life looks different for every family.

May 2, 2016 Finding Balance, military life

Book Review: Antifragile

I tackled Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Antifragile slowly–both to reflect on Taleb’s ideas, and because reading this book is […]

March 20, 2016 Book Review, Improve Society, Innovation, Knowledge Creation, military life, New Libarianship, Uncategorized

Children’s Stories & Resources: Afghanistan

The first time my Vagabond Soldier deployed to Afghanistan, resources about the country were hard to find, out […]

October 8, 2013 Afghanistan, education, military life, Reading for Pleasure, Technology

Memorial Day

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In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1872-1918)     In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, […]

May 27, 2013 military life

Enjoying the Ride

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving at the destination. -Lao Tzu […]

May 8, 2013 military life

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