My job as the Director of Family Ministries at First Presbyterian Church requires a certain degree of management skills. I am directly responsible for 5 employees, 2 interns, and over 50 volunteers. This is not a skill that comes naturally to me, nor is it one I picked up in school (BA in English and […]
Dear Modern Military Spouse, There are a lot of military life help books out there but none quite like this one. This is real, practical advice that doesn’t ask you to live in a 1950s world with tea parties and cute dresses. It dives into today’s challenges of careers, education, friendships, finding our own way, […]
In my nearly 20 years in a military family, I’ve been through a lot. We have lived in seven homes in four states on both sides of the country. My three kids have attended seven schools, and my sailor has completed fifteen submarine deployments missing birthdays, anniversaries, and every holiday on the calendar two or […]
Marriages come in all shapes and sizes. Our world is shrinking and at the same time creating new challenges for our relationships. In Finding Joy I share my family’s story of deployments and St. Jude trips to Memphis and how it created an environment where we were apart more then together. But medical challenges and […]
