Deployment Readiness
Hugs and kisses in a cheese shaker?
Monday, October 10th, 2011
As a military speaker in the area of family readiness, the cool thing is that I get to share amazingly great simple things that families are doing to stay connected when deployments separate them. What’s my expertise? Having interviewed over 3200 military families and seen what they do firsthand. My job as both a military [...]
Living in a military family is inspiring!
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Yesterday, I had the privilege of presenting a Yellow Ribbon pre-deployment session for an Army National Guard Aviation Unit that is getting ready to deploy soon. Their families are supportive and amazing, and I enjoyed every minute with them. It was an honor. During the program I asked them to write down what they like [...]
Great project for FRG or military family retreat. Enjoy!
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Have you ever been faced with the challenge of finding a fun hands-on project for your FRG meeting or retreat and swear that you don’t have a creative bone in your body? First, you’re probably more ceative than you think, and second, let me share what one group did. I just returned from leading a [...]
It might be time to STOP!
Thursday, August 5th, 2010A couple of years ago I was visiting a good friend who has a five year old daughter named “Jessica”. This particular afternoon we were driving to Home Depot and I was sitting next to her car seat in the back. We were talking about all that she had learned lately, and one of those [...]
Scuba and the military family.
Monday, October 19th, 2009At the ripe age of __ I decided to learn how to scuba dive. I’m not sure why, but a diver friend of mine said that it’s a way to see a part of God’s beautiful world that few get to experience. Maybe that’s why. This past weekend I had the pleasure of doing 4 [...]