Military Life

“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”

by Mandy December 7, 2011 Military Life

…and so it has! On December 7, 1941, seventy years ago today, Japanese fighter planes attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and took the lives of more than 2,000 Americans. In one act of war, the Japanese pilots damaged, sank, or destroyed approximately 22 vessels in our naval fleet and over 300 [...]

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Happy Veteran’s Day and Thanks to ALL Who Serve!!

by Mandy November 11, 2011 Military Life

{Source} Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and any other patriotic day or holiday take on an entirely new and much more sacred meaning when you have loved {or lost} a soldier! In honor of my husband’s multiples tours overseas and the decade plus he has now served, as well as those who served before [...]

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Ten Years Later:: Remembering 9/11

by Mandy September 11, 2011 Faith

{source} Ten years. Has it really been ten years?  The date {and the memory of it} still feels so fresh in my mind, like it was yesterday. As a nation, we’ve had ten years to heal, to move forward, and even to slightly forget all that occurred on September 11, 2001. I pray that today, [...]

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R & R Military Style…

by Mandy August 22, 2011 Military Life

{Source} We live in Military Town. We attend a church that is vastly populated by military families. Words like deployment, tour, “down range” are spoken often. As commonplace as it all is here, thankfully it is not taken for granted. As our church leaders placed their hands on the back of a soldier set to [...]

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R & R Month: Military Links

by Sidnie August 1, 2011 Military Life

When Mandy first explained August’s Read & Relax month to me, I wasn’t sure how I was going to give you a list of military-related blog posts, if I haven’t been reading… You see, I haven’t spent much time online, because my husband was just home for his R&R. Instead, I’ll give you a few [...]

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