communication

No Plan Survives First Contact With the Army

If there’s one thing everyone knows about the life of a military spouse, it’s that we deal with an abnormal amount of uncertainty day to day. Sure, lots of professions deal with fluctuating work schedules and being called into work last minute (in fact, lots of careers experience way more of this kind of chaos than even the…

Why I Love Using a Prayer Journal (and How I Got Started)

As someone who grew up in a religious home, I have been praying ever since I could speak. And so have my children. Yet somehow, at 28 I still frequently feel like I’m not actually a very confident or eloquent person when I pray. And something I did not expect when my oldest daughter was born was that…