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In (unpaid) Praise of GEICO Military Services

It’s amazing.  Really.  The hands of God can wrap around an entire car and keep harm away from a loved one.  Truly.  Utterly amazing.

Yesterday afternoon as I was buried waist deep in work, I had this uncontrollable urge to make The Husband laugh.  I contemplated sending a dirty text (don’t judge… we’ve been married long [...]

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Laying it all down

The situation with The Husband has gotten worse.  Jobs were handed out today and he was given a little heads up about what his job will be when he reenters active duty.  The job is a slap in the face, to put it mildly.

When The Husband and I went on our little mini-spring break vacation, [...]

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Finding Your Own Financial Peace

With the never-ending infomercials, television shows and books based on finding personal financial freedom, you’d think being prosperous would be an easy fix, wouldn’t you?  So why are so many of us in debt?

As someone who spends her real life in the financial planning industry, you’d think I’d have all the answers.  I don’t.  Plain and simple: [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Wives of Faith

Frank Sinatra\’s I\’ll Be Home for Christmas

The first installment of the 12 Days of Christmas is My Favorite Christmas Song.  For someone who began listening to Christmas music on July 5th each year, there really aren’t that many Christmas Songs that I don’t like.  I’ve since limited my Christmas music to the weeks [...]

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Calling All Prayer Warriors

Picture stolen from http://www.ccftucson.org/

I have several friends who are in the throws of emotional and spiritual war.  I’ll keep this short so that you can spend your time reading the words of my friends and get to praying.

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Wives of Faith

Wives of Faith, a great organization founded by Sara Horn provides support to military wives and families.  Various bloggers post throughout the week  and a monthly newsletter goes out focusing on family life in the military.  I encourage each of you who are military wives to sign up for the monthly newsletter (which includes articles [...]

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Numb

 

Image Source: gelessons.com

I woke up this morning completely numb.  I know this is a scary place to be in life, to not care anymore.  To feel like nothing makes a difference.  The fight has worn me out.

I left 30 minutes early this morning so I could sit in the gazebo at the park where [...]

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Happiness & Tears

Two years before The Husband and I left North Carolina I met a woman who has become a great friend.  Some of my favorite memories of North Carolina are of our weekly Tuesday night dinner dates to cook a nice meal and share a bottle (or two) of wine while we, along with our husbands watched American [...]

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Storms

When I was a child I was terrified of thunderstorms.  The first sight of rain would prompt me to search the house frantically until I found The Brother then proceed to cry and shake with worry.  The Brother and I would cower in his bedroom under the blanket shivering with fear.  

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Mixed Bag

My emotions are all over the place these days.  I long for the day Gomer Pyle makes his way home.  My heart literally hurts when I think about going to bed without him.  Tears spring to my eyes when I think about the last kiss I smacked on his little forehead.  Does he know I [...]

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