Tag: military spouse
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Hurry Up and Wait

I never went to sleep that night. I was exhausted, and this is where my memory of the days that followed starts getting a little foggy. I can remember the day before surprisingly well, but the timeline after that is harder to piece together. If there’s one phrase I heard often while Jeff was in…
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The Call

One of my best friends, Maddie, snapped this photo of me and my one-year-old daughter in the middle of trying to get pictures for our Christmas card. I had scooped her up and kissed the back of her head before making yet another attempt to put the bow back on. Every time I fixed it…