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During deployments and other separations, the spouse or significant other holds down the fort at home.
All the resources and blogs say that you don’t have to do the fort-holding alone.
You can and should ask for help when you need it, they say.
I’m on an airplane right now, looking out of the window and marveling at the beauty of the clouds up here, above it all. Truthfully, I’m one part in awe and one part ready to not feel anymore turbulence as I admire the expansive sky. But as we all know, if you take a journey by air, turbulence is usually an unwanted part of any long flight on a plane.
Over this last week, I’ve spent my time in Germany. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of spending every day at Ramstein Air Base and U.S. Army Garrison Rhine Ordnance Barracks. While there, I supported American Red Cross teams as they selflessly and tirelessly provided relief to Afghan evacuees who are making their way to America.
Looking back to 2020, the amount of information on COVID-19 has only increased, and it hasn’t always been easy to follow. How do you process what you hear? How do you determine what you can do or not do? An important thing to remember, especially when it comes to your fitness, is that there’s no going back. We have to work with how things are now.
Here are the top stories for the week of Sept. 13, 2021, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• The Commissary: Can It Save You Money?
• Free Spay and Neuter Services for Military Pet Owners
• Afghan Artist Goes Viral
• This Week in History
Like most people, 2020 did not take me much farther than my city block. My husband was deployed, and I was busy working. It was nearly impossible to take a vacation. One of our absolute favorite things to do together is travel. We’ve taken a trip to Europe every year since we’ve together—until 2020. My husband came home at the end of the year, and we dreamed of being able to travel again, but it still seemed so far fetched.
Recently, my husband, Doug, and I walked to the nearby Starbucks with our dog, Billy. Seated on the patio, we tethered Billy to the leg of a chair and sat back to enjoy coffee, scones, sunshine, and people watching. Billy caught sight of another dog tethered only a few feet away. His leash was long enough for him to approach this new canine friend, but there was one problem—he was standing on his leash. Billy’s plight was out of Doug’s field of vision, so, with a chuckle, I said, “Billy wants to meet that dog, but he’s standing on his leash!”
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