Every year about this time, I go on a half-hearted crash diet involving tuna fish, hard-boiled eggs, and colon cleansing rabbit food. I dig frantically through the neglected stash of garments in the back of my closet in hopes of finding a dress that still fits and a pair of shoes that won’t make me…
Holidays
Sound Off: Do school changes hurt military kids in the long run?
By now, kids are back into the swing of school, reestablishing seats in the cafeteria, slipping prohibited gum paraphernalia into their pockets, and whispering in the hallways about the latest crushes. But not every kid is skipping off the bus each day. Military-connected children move three times more often than their civilian peers, so there…
The Housewife Zone
You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension of not only dust and dirt, but of lost minds. A journey into a chaotic, lawless land, bound only by your imagination. Next stop … The Housewife Zone. Consider if you will, Lisa Molinari. A Navy wife and mother of three, who, like many military spouses,…
In the Shadow of Death: 9/11 Remembered
Fourteen years ago, I gasped audibly, slapped my hands over my mouth, and felt the queasy sting of tears. I had just seen live footage of the south tower of the World Trade Center collapse to the ground in a horrifying explosion. We all remember where we were when we got the terrifying news that…
What I believe about Hell and hand baskets