What if we had the ability to change the world? Would you do it? Would you be that person to impact another person’s life? Well, we can! I think Uncle Sam said it best, “I Want You!” But, really WE WANT YOU. You are probably wondering what we want you for.
We want you to join our movement. The movement is easy. All it involves is kindness.
OK, so now you might be thinking, “That doesn’t seem too hard. I am a kind person. Where did this idea come from?”
Author’s note: I am not a representative of Dogs on Deployment and information listed in this post is solely my opinion.
We lost our beloved 90-pound lap dog last August, just one week after learning we’d be PCSing. We were crushed by the unexpected turn of events in his health that led us to have to make a very difficult decision. Our son was heartbroken. We were leaving the only home he has known, along with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins…and now our dog, too.
Leaving a legacy behind is a tall order. Some of us can barely leave each duty station with all our kids in the car! But as spouses of an all-volunteer fighting force, we become immersed in and attached to our communities very quickly. Eventually, we stumble upon or become givers.
As we just celebrated the mother of all American holidays, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride in being a military spouse, especially an Army one! My pride in this fact does not always manifest itself in an over-the-top “We can do it” mantra (but in all honesty, I have flexed my bicep during a few solo PCS moves and deployments). I don’t always feel like a mighty military spouse.
I don’t know about you, but I love personality tests. From psychological analyzations to buzzfeed quizzes to decipher what kind of cake I am, I’m all about it. And none are as intriguing to me as the Myers-Briggs personality test.
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.
It was a beautiful day a couple of weeks ago, and I knew I was making a choice that would impact my whole day.
I knew it would be good, but I couldn’t have known how long the ripple effect would last. Maybe I still don’t know for sure how my choice made an impact that day.
Join the AWN Core Team and special guest, Mindy King, as they discuss the importance of volunteering for military spouses.
We all want to leave positive footprints for our children to follow in, something they can carry forward with them in life. One footprint that seems to run through our military families is volunteering. Where there is a parent who volunteers, there tends to be a child who’s either in tow or volunteers themselves.
In a normal year, military installations will submit hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours. There are Volunteer of the Month, Quarter, and Year, and Service Member awards. Behind all of that, there are hours that are never submitted or recognized, but our children see them.
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