Last week, I hobbled over our frozen lawn toward my salt-encrusted car, balancing a to-go cup of coffee and two bags slung over each shoulder. It’s a hassle running errands during the doldrums of winter. Opening the gritty driver’s door, I set my coffee in the center console’s cup holder, then decided to hurl my…
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Girls Will Be Girls: The Hidden Dangers of Social Aggression
Lilly was our easy child. As a baby, she sat contentedly on my hip while I did home therapy with her developmentally delayed older brother, or while I argued with her stronger-willed big sister. In school, Lilly made friends easily at every duty station. Her teachers would move Lilly’s desk away from her pals to…
New Surveys Point to Cause of Low Military Morale
I want to know why news reports over the last decade have indicated a steady decline in the well-being and satisfaction of military service members. I don’t want the same pat answer, that military families need a better quality of life. Let’s dig deeper. Is there a real solution to continuing dissatisfaction? The recently-released results…
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Valentine’s Day is coming, and while your civilian friends are picking out new lingerie and making dinner plans with their hubbies, you’re wallowing in self-pity because your soldier or sailor is deployed. You imagine that your friends will float through the upcoming week buoyed by the anticipation of foil hearts, velvety roses, and soft kisses,…
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