Category: MILITARY LIFE & TRAVEL

Military life changes how you see the world. It means building a marriage across distance, raising children between duty stations, and learning to shape a home out of temporary walls. It means goodbyes every few years, late-night phone calls from overseas, and a level of resilience most people never witness.

This category gathers the stories that grow out of that life—SpaceA trips that opened the world to us, the hard lessons of supporting a partner through PTSD, the realities of saving money on base, and the quiet worries many of us carry as political decisions ripple through our communities. You’ll also find guides for PCS moves, memories from growing up as an Army brat, reflections on quarantine in Korea, and the push-and-pull between service and personal identity.

These posts offer practical help and emotional truth for anyone living the military journey or trying to understand it. Whether you’re navigating your first assignment or your tenth move, you’re not doing it alone.

MILITARY LIFE & TRAVEL My dad and Steven before Honor Flight Rochester

Everything You Need to Know About the Honor Flight Network

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Last night, Steven had the honor of participating in our second Honor Flight at the Quad Cities International Airport. We welcomed 80 veterans (and 83 escorts) back home after a day spent touring memorials and being honored in Washington, D.C. Even though I didn’t personally know any of the vets, it was still an emotional event. There are three to four Honor Flights in this area, and I highly recommend joining us one at least one of them.

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