WELLNESS ON THE ROAD My First Military Influencer Conference: Wins, Mistakes, and Key Takeaways Posted on October 31, 2017November 15, 2025 If I thought I was just going to come back home and continue to work on my business alone, I was wrong– dead wrong. I am overwhelmed by the follow-up from some of the military spouses, Veterans and sponsors I met over those two days in Dallas. We have built some solid networks and I know that when its time for #milblogging18, I’ll be ready to roll. Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD The Blogger’s Compromise: Privacy Posted on October 30, 2017November 15, 2025 I am keenly aware. To be a good blogger, I have to maintain a balance between good, relevant content and how much of my personal life I share with you —the readers. Blogging usually includes the family in some way. And this is regardless of their willingness to participate. Good… Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD How to Find Travel Blog Topics When You Aren’t Traveling? Posted on October 29, 2017November 15, 2025 If you don’t have an account on Quora, you are missing out on a great resource for blogging topics. It is a community where every question you can and cannot imagine is asked and answered. It can also be a source of entertainment– some of the questions and answers are hilarious. Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD How Top Blogging Skills Can Help You Conquer the Global Market Posted on March 9, 2017November 15, 2025 Blogging skills include writing, technical, creative marketing, time management, budgeting– developing a social media strategy in the global marketplace. In one of my previous posts. I thought blogging hadn’t added to my duffel bag of skills. However, this is not true. Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD How to Re-Enter the Job Market After Years Away Posted on February 24, 2017November 15, 2025 I haven’t worked full-time outside the home in a few years. But I want a job. I have things I’d like to do that require funds and the whole “dependent” blanket I’ve been wearing up to my eyeballs is wearing a little thin these days. I want—scratch that, I need a job. But it’s not for lack of trying that I don’t have one. I have applied to quite a few of them until recently. I have been a victim—a victim of my own short-sidedness. Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD The Making of an American K-Pop Star: for People Who Love Music in Korea Posted on January 17, 2016January 1, 2026 She dimmed the lights and the room took on the appearance of a night club. It was 9am and the neon lights flooded down from the ceiling in geometric shapes that danced on the wooden floor. Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass filtered down from the speakers on the forever cemented that song as the first song I danced to in a “Korean nightclub”. Read more
MILITARY LIFE & TRAVEL Saying Goodbye Every Three Years in the Military Posted on August 21, 2015May 8, 2026 I sat in a quiet parking lot before dawn and said goodbye without words as my husband left for deployment. After he was gone, I managed the house, raised our children, and learned how to live with the silence he left behind. I built routines to stay grounded, even when loneliness and fear crept in. I came to understand that while he served overseas, I was serving at home in my own way. Through every goodbye, I held onto the belief that love, resilience, and time would carry us to the next hello. Read more