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Retirement: Parties, Opportunities, and Attitude
Throughout our time in the AF, we threw lots of parties. Monday night football parties, roasting pigs in our backyard parties, Christmas parties, promotion parties, New Year’s Eve parties, No Clown Punching parties…. the list goes on. It should be no surprise then, that the advent of our retirement from... -
The Strength that Lies Beneath: Our Children and their Dragon Hearts
Every year since we returned from Europe, our children’s schools have held assemblies to honor Veterans. Every year our children have asked their dad to attend. He refused to do so the first two years, but has been swayed since then by the righteous indignation of our children, especially our... -
Relocation, New Friends, and Long Distance Friendships
A host of recent studies have examined the effect of frequent relocation on children and adolescents. Military families relocate significantly more often than civilian families, and service members’ kids are not the only ones affected. Leaving close friends and established support networks, and bidding farewell to friends as they leave for...
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