For the better part of three years, we lived in the West Texas border town that is home to Fort Bliss.
I was born and raised in the Piney Woods and attended undergraduate school in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but El Paso is a side of the Lone Star State I’d never seen before we moved there.
As I write this, I’m looking around my current duty station house with the packers scheduled to arrive in less than four days. It’s Dec. 8, and we’re PCSing for our first OCONUS move before Christmas, which means we’ll be living in a hotel over the Christmas holiday.
In 1992, one individual with a surplus of wreaths started something at Arlington National Cemetery that has continued to grow to more than 1,200 locations today.
When my third child was just 6 months old, I already knew I was ready for my fourth, a girl. I just knew. My husband and I started to make plans, gear up, and even began buying her hair bows, her first ballet leotard, and I began my short list of names.
After 13 years of marriage, Big Sarge and I are on our “Lucky Number Seven.” No, not children (I’m exhausted keeping up with the two I have). It’s our seventh duty station!
Last week, I was working as a substitute teacher at the elementary school my children attend. I logged on to Power School and—gasp! What in the world?!
My son received two 50% grades on two different Language Arts tests.
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