Today, I was browsing through friends’ status updates on Facebook. One of my friends, who’s husband was KIA in Afghanistan, had joined a group for Pregnant Widows. It actually took my breath away when I saw the name of the group. My friend found out she was pregnant just after her husband was killed. He …
My husband graduates from AIT in May. His AKO says that he is going to Fort Wheeler, Hawaii. My question is if he gets deployed will the Army pay for my things to come back home? And also I would like to know if I could visit before and our son come later on a …
How Do You Cope with Deployment? My husband is leaving for his first deployment what are some ways to help cope with the love of your life, your best friend being gone for a year or more? ********* Deployments are tough – there is no doubt about that. One of the best things you can …
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On July 3rd, three years ago, I was sitting out on the beach at Tybee Island with some friends awaiting the fireworks show. Tybee usually has their fireworks on the 3rd so as not to interfere with those on River Street. Until that time, 4th of July to me had been just any other holiday. …