Semi-Delicate Balance

Month: October 2014

Believe in Heroes: Shop, Save, & Support the Wounded Warrior Project

I’m participating in the 2014 Believe in Heroes® blogger campaign and received compensation as part of the program. When I worked for the Army, the most memorable moment I had was when we would welcome home deployed Soldiers. I was very lucky in that I attended many of the redeployment ceremonies. Seeing the emotion and […] Read more…

Procrastination: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis

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I haven’t blogged in ten days. I even missed my blog’s first birthday. (Sorry, blog). Why, you ask? Procrastination… the very problem that has held the development of flying cars back for multiple decades. Ironically, it also led to the development of Angry Birds, which again has held the development of flying cars back for multiple […] Read more…

10 Things I Said I Would Never Do During Deployment

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When I dropped the husband off to leave for his deployment. I kept telling myself “Be strong, you can do this”. I was hoping if I said it enough times, it would come true. There were things I was telling myself I HAD to do: stay strong, keep busy, be positive. There were also things […] Read more…

Junior Has Learned to Crawl (and I Can’t Handle it)

I put Junior of the floor to sit down. He was quietly playing on the floor until I stood up and walked away. My little 8-month old money vacuum (kid), then pushed up on his arms and knees, and put one hand in front of the other. He moved three whole feet in my direction. […] Read more…