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military life

Welcome Aboard, Shipmate!

by Mitja on September 1, 2010

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Legacies

by Mitja on August 22, 2010

Military families tend to move every year and a half to three years and sometimes it can feel you have just settled into one place before it is time to start packing and planning to live somewhere else.  Just passing through.
Three friends of ours — a Coast Guard family — moved recently from Singapore to [...]

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On The Day You Were (Supposed To Be) Born

by Mitja on August 14, 2010

Yesterday was Elysia’s due date but instead of delivering a baby, we stopped by a neighborhood party.
Once again, there were great photo opportunities since I forgot to bring my camera.
I could have made a nice photo book for the baby: On The Day You Were (Supposed To Be) Born.   In addition to pictures with friends, it [...]

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Afghanistan Wish List

by Mitja on August 5, 2010

Elysia’s friend, a Navy reservist in Afghanistan on a one-year deployment, writes:
I have now been on orders to Afghanistan for exactly 6 mos. Downhill from here! Here is my celebratory menu I have been assembling in my head for months.
Breakfast:

Corned beef hash and eggs, Mel’s Drive Inn, West Hollywood CA
Hash Browns (chunked, diced and smothered), Waffle House
Biscuits [...]

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