Just Because: Military Healthcare (4/29)

Nothing grounds me in purposeful writing like having a cause. And sure, I have many things that I’m passionate about, but for now, I’m fixated on the failings of a certain large-scale system that has personally affected me over the past few years: military healthcare. **Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece because while I can only […]

Random Catharsis: Readjustment (3/31)

Routine and purpose–I’ve really struggled with these two things for the past couple weeks, but I’m finally in a place where I feel comfortable acknowledging it (and of course, I want you to read it too). Routine. For those of you that don’t know, when servicemembers return home from deployments, they go through something called […]

Strip It Down Sunday[s]: Late Love Post and My Diploma (2/14, 2/21)

Hey there! Yes, I know I missed last week’s post, but I had a valid reason for doing so–my husband came home from his deployment! He got in around 5 on Friday morning and as you can imagine, we were busy all of last weekend as well as into this week, no pun intended. And […]

Marriage Monday: Miss Each Other (2/16)

If there’s one thing that military life has taught me, it’s that time apart from my husband isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Don’t get me wrong; I love him to pieces. He’s my best friend and I love occupying the same space as him. I love how he thinks, his sense of humor, and that loud […]

Random Catharsis: A Con of Military Life (2/8)

Attention: I’ve made a new category! As you can see, it’s called “Random Catharsis” and I intend to utilize these posts as an outlet (as the term catharsis would imply) for my feelings, opinions, etc. If these posts come across as rant-esque, I do apologize. I only intend to sort out the thoughts in my head […]

Marriage Monday: My Mother in Law (2/1)

I was one of the lucky people that realized and was accepting of this before our wedding day, but for those of you that don’t know, a good marriage is really more polygamous than monogamous. I don’t mean that in a sexual sense, but more so in terms of intimate closeness. My husband and I may be the […]

Marriage Monday: Why I Love Him (1/18)

Hello again 🙂 I admit that I went back and forth several times about which story I was going to tell for this Marriage Monday. He recommended talking about the differences between how he and I prefer to travel; I’ll oblige because I love him, but this post isn’t about that. That’s too simple. And if there’s […]

Academic: Ackerman Response

Hello everyone! This is the first paper that I’ve done for school that I’ve been immensely proud of. It was a response to Diane Ackerman’s A Natural History of Love. The general rundown: I mention what it’s like to be a military wife and briefly explore how that love is different than what Ackerman has […]