the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
Our daughter, Citrus, is almost three years old. It seems like only yesterday that she was not much larger than a rich amber ale. Soon she will be transitioning into pre-K at the base CDC (Child Development Center), which has been great place for her the last year and a half. It’s just too bad [...]
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Here was Flat Mommy in the shower. It just wasn’t the same.
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In Virginia Beach, even ye olde predatory lenders are quaint. But they are not as welcoming as this store in Sioux City that I spotted days after graduating in 2000 and driving across the country to meet Elysia at her first duty station in Bremerton, Washington. Congratulations Class of 2000 [...]
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WAVY-TV in Virginia covered the Military Spouse Symposium last week and a cameraman got footage from a breakout session I attended. It was fairly intimate with about twenty people in the audience. The 2-minute news report is here, but below are screen captures of the four crowd shots: A distant shot of the panel. The blue dot is [...]
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While visiting Virginia Beach I went to the Military Officers Association of America’s (MOAA) Military Spouse Symposium. I figured that after 8 years of Elysia being in the Navy I would actively try to meet other spouses. They certainly weren’t finding me! My experience thus far is that male civilian spouses are often invisible. I [...]
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