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I am a Big Red One Spouse.
If you’ve been to any kind of ceremony on Fort Riley lately, you’ve probably heard something similar to that. This year, 2017, the 1st Infantry Division celebrates its 100th anniversary, and it’s not to be outdone.
Imagine this: A handful of close friends (or in our case, battle buddies) are miraculously back in the same zip code, be it for a few months or just a few moments.
You gather around the fire pit on the back patio; you pour yourself a beverage of choice. It takes only a couple of seconds before someone says it…
“Remember that time when…”
We’re just coming home from a month-long visit home to see our friends and family in Indiana. The time we spent there was filled with some new and exciting things for our son and for myself.
One of the best things about visiting was taking my son to one of the playgrounds I used to frequent as a kid. He had a lot of fun climbing, running, and touching things. It was fun to see him in an environment I spent many days of my childhood in.
I’ve been a writer for about as long as I can remember. It all started when I was a kid.
I used to spend hours on my parents’ old Compaq computer, writing page after page of silly stories, ranging from magical paints and talking dragons, to fun poems about a wizard. I would print them out and pass them off to my mother, who was my own personal editor. She would mark my mistakes and I would eagerly return to the keyboard and correct them, later proudly presenting her with my finished copy.
It was mostly a hobby back then, and I never knew what I would do with it in the future. I had numerous teachers who helped groom my skills, and I eventually decided that journalism would be my future. I graduated with an English degree focusing in journalism in 2010.
Driving around our neighborhood, my spouse and I noticed a good number of houses for sale. With PCS season bringing military moves, the market seems busier than usual. While preparing to list our home, we’re looking for ways to make our property stand out.
It’s no secret that many aspects of our lives, especially as military spouses, are very serious. The challenges, the unknowns, the changed no-plan plans. All of it.
If we aren’t careful, we (ahem, as in—myself) can get sucked down with a pretty negative attitude.
In the seriousness of this world, I’m on a mission to bring a little bit of humor to it, especially on social media. Because, really, my sense of humor (and my faith) are sometimes the only things that keep me going.
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