A Letter on Remembering
September 11th is not merely a date on the calendar—it is a marker of the world we entered as military families. It shaped the missions our beloveds would undertake, the deployments that came, and the friendships forged in hardship and separation. It shaped us, too—the families who learned to wait, to endure, to steady ourselves through uncertainty.
A Letter on What No One Tells You About Military Spouse Life
When I was growing up as an Air Force child, I believed I knew what military life was all about…So when I became a spouse, I expected it to feel familiar, almost automatic.
But here is what no one tells you: being a military spouse is its own kind of education—and you do not truly learn it until you are living in the middle of it.