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We live in a world where slogans and mottos rule the roost. It is the way that companies, politicians, and organizations create their brand and subsequently promote it.
Don’t believe me? Test out your motto knowledge with the following (I bet you get most, if not all, of them correct on the first try.)
Are you ready for Part Two of this series? Get ready to laugh. (And don’t fear if you missed the first half… Just click here to get caught up.)
Check out this fun list of 100 ways you might be a milspouse.
Deployments are funny things.
They are (of course) very much a challenging part of this military spouse life, and they’re always full of surprises. As I type this, sitting in the Fort Lewis Starbucks, we’re in the homestretch of our latest deployment. (Yes. We see the humorous signs that homecoming is coming!)
Early on in most courtships, compliments flow like honey:
Darling, your eyes sparkle like the stars in the heavens.
Honey, you are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Sweetheart, your voice is like an angel, and I dream about you every day.
And then we get married.
And we get all militarized.
Our Tiny Human just turned 3 years old. And with the Terrible Twos behind us, I thought things would flip like a light switch as the final smoke wafted from her blown-out candles.
And it did. We went directly into the Threenager Stage.
It’s really not that bad. In fact, I like her more now than I did this time three years ago after 12 hours of Pictocin-induced labor with no pain meds. (Side note: I have, of course, always loved her. She is just more fun.)
I’ve been a military spouse for quite some time, so when my husband is asked to make a duty station assignment dream sheet, my eyes glaze over a little right before they land in a reluctant roll. We’ve never gotten our first choice, so the whole ordeal feels like a waste of time.
Time that could be better spent eating cookies.
If you ever have a face-to-face conversation with me, it will likely take you all of six minutes to realize that I have some very “unique” language and vocabulary.
I use words like “fantastical” on a regular basis.
I occasionally throw a “fo-shizzle” in there, although I know it is so 2011.
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