Hi all! I know it’s been a year since you last heard from me. A lot has changed for my family and I since I last updated you all. So, here it all goes. Last year I around this time of the year I decided to start focusing on myself. I realized that I had …
Not long after the interview last year, my husband made the decision to retire from the Air Force with twenty-six and one-half years of service. Being the spouse of a service member provides so many blessings, but I am also very excited to establish myself locally for longer than one assignment lasts. Online presence …
It has been two years since my first Military Spouse Fine Art Network interview. I continue to paint every day and constantly stretch the boundaries of my abilities. I belong to a group of four mentor/friends that travel together and show our art at different venues. We have been to Waterworks Art Museum in …
Since my October 2017 MilspoFAN interview, I (miraculously) didn’t PCS. Previously, we had never made it to the three-year mark, but we found out in March that we’ll be stationed in North Carolina for at least another two years. No switching doctors, school, vet, etc. No finding another surf instructor for my daughter, someone who …
A lot changes in two years. Two years ago, when MilspoFan was launched, my first novel, Mrs. Houdini, had just been published by Atria Books. My first poetry collection, When the Men Go Off to War, had just been published by the Naval Institute Press. I was a Navy wife married to a fighter pilot with …
The past year since my interview has been full of changes and excitement. We moved to North Carolina and it took me a while to find a studio to begin dancing again. I was fortunate to find the Carolina Performing Arts Studio that just opened near my house. I met the studio owner and ballet …
Over the past year since my last guest blog, I’ve had so many wonderful things come about. I’m excited to share these as I look back on our military life journey of over twenty-six years. We’ve been “retired” from the Navy for eleven years now. Our current home we’ve been in for ten years – …
Savoring Sabbatical (To America, with Love…) I’m sitting on my terrace, preparing to attend a fùtbol (of the World Cup type) match between rival attaché groups (Navy/Marine v.s. Army/Airforce). At the game, I will be sitting with Las Mafiosas, a group of women that represent about fifteen different countries. Carrie and oldest daughter Genna, cheering …
I must confess, when I received Jessica’s invitation to write a guest post with an update of what I’ve been up to this year, my first thought was: “Well, crap. How do you stretch abject failure into 500 words?” How’s my new book coming, you ask? Well…that depends on how you define “book.” If you …
I’ve been blessed in the last year to work with some incredible artists on interesting and challenging projects. It took a little bit to get going the first six months but then things just really picked up in a big way. Now I’m involved in something art related at least every month. Which is fabulous …