When sleep comes not… I rest upon my chair…fingers on the go, ready to release the pent up thoughts… to find the peace that comes when I am empty of word and thought once again. When sleep comes not…I have seen one of them die…and I awake with knotted throat in fear of what is…

No matter how hard we try to prepare ourselves for it, no matter if we try to separate ourselves from someone to avoid the pain, no matter how much warning or how little- death stinks. Phone calls in the middle of the night pretty much only mean one thing- unless it is from someone who…

Spring of 1990 So here I am dating this awesome guy, Lance. My parents are gone to the states to Walter Reed for treatment for my mom that she cannot get in Germany. They call to say “we are being reassigned. Compassionate Reassignment.” I am devastated. So 6 weeks before the end of my junior…

Ya know how I talked about the way the kids whine about what the other is not doing and not paying attention to their own responsibilities? I THOUGHT that was the greatest thing as a mother right now that irked me. I was SO wrong. You will not believe what the twins did yesterday. I…

Well, here I go again. I am so tired! Tired of moving, tired of traveling, tired of changes that are constant and huge. I know we all deal with change- it is inevitable, but it is also exhausting and stressful when those changes are constant or huge mmmmm* wait* have to tell you I just…

So the story goes something along the lines of … Lance gets delayed in Chicago on Tuesday and the airlines are saying they can give him a flight home Thursday…. this is Tuesday… hmmmm. Not okay with this. No bag, no hotel, no food, stuck in his uniform and forced now to sleep in the…