Hello, readers! I’m LaVaughn, one of the newest experience bloggers at Army Wife Network. This initial post provides you a chance to get to know where I come from and how I journeyed to where I am today.
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Military Life
Oh… Military Life! This is likely what brought you to Mission: Milspouse in the first place. It is what binds the military community together with its wildly unique lifestyle.
Whether you are here to learn how to better live in this military life, how to support a loved one who is living the military lifestyle, or to see if this lifestyle is something you may like to be a part of, you have come to the right place.
Here at Mission: Milispouse the military lifestyle is what inspires us, drives our home lives, our moves, and our service member’s career, and gives us a camaraderie like no other. So welcome friend, take a seat and read more about all things that make us who we are and make the military lifestyle a life like no other!
My Army Journey
Hey, I’m Dakota. As y’all might be able to tell, I’m new to Army Wife Network. I’d like to tell you a bit about my journey into the United States Army.
Joining the military wasn’t something I planned on doing—actually, it was the last thing on Earth I thought I would ever do. No one in my family is associated with the military, and up until I joined I knew next to nothing about the Army. Serving in the military had never even crossed my mind until one day, during the last few months of my senior year of high school, I was talking to a friend who was joining the Army, and they said, “Have you ever thought about joining?”
Military Spouses are Uniquely Equipped to Handle a Pandemic
Picture this. Your spouse comes home from work and surprises you with news that their job is changing.
Immediately.
So, they begin their job in a new place while you and your children say goodbye to friends, neighbors, and teachers, unsure when your next face-to-face meeting will happen. You cancel your plans for your daughter’s birthday party, for summer vacation, and for your best friend’s wedding. You try your hardest to settle into a new normal, but nothing is the same and you long for the life you had before.
Pop quiz: Did you imagine this story as a military-related PCS or as the events that unfolded this past spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Fear not, you didn’t fail the quiz. That stressful scenario could have easily described either situation.
Meet Sarah
Hi, everyone! My name is Sarah, and I am so excited to be a part of AWN.
I grew up in a small southern New Jersey town, and I am definitely a Jersey girl at heart. I hate (no, despise!) pumping gas, I grew up living “down the shore” in the summer, I am picky about my produce, and I put jimmies (not sprinkles) on my ice cream.
Doubling Our Family Overnight
If you were to tell me five years ago that I would be a mother to not only four children, but that my last pregnancy would include triplets, I would have laughed in your face.
The truth is, I struggled to conceive with both pregnancies.
My oldest son, Aaron, was a total surprise. We had tried for nearly four years while I had gone through a variety of treatments for precancerous cells on my cervix, and we found out shortly after moving to Texas and closing on our first home.
SURPRISE!
Running is a Gift
Many of us continue to make adjustments to find the new normal within this COVID-19 era. It is easy to be consumed by the daily news. The situation is serious, and this is not the time to withdraw but to be vigilant and take precautions to be safe. The situation does not mean that all exercise activities should stop. Prior to COVID-19 you probably invested time to remain in shape—now is not the time to stop.
You can still exercise while maintaining social distance. While the will be smaller, you can still achieve the same results. I am three years out from my heart operation and continue to make adjustments.
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