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In 2025, What Do We Think About Blogging?
Over the past many years, I have basically left this blog alone. I continue to pay my annual domain registration fee and every year wonder if I should keep paying it or just sunset the whole thing. I feel very protective of this space and not many weeks go by that I tell myself, just Continue reading
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Williamsburg (Fort Eustis) Top Ten
(Disclaimer: This post is indulgently long to read. It might take you 20 or 30 minutes, maybe longer if you study the pictures. It took me days to write and years to live. This long-form reflection is my way of cataloging our family story and a way to revisit memories over time. Proceed with caution.) Continue reading
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2021 Year In Review: God is Everywhere, Always
I write a blog post reflecting on my year every year. I have done this here in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Many years, these updates serve as a digital Christmas card. Some years these updates are a list of a ton of happy, sappy goodness in our lives. This year– life took a different Continue reading
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January Wood Family Adventures
One of the things I have done over the years that has added immense value to me is to regularly document our family life. The benefits include: a succinct way to organize photos and memories, a digital scrapbook/record book of daily life that will be archived in a way that brings our entire family joy Continue reading
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Notes From a Reporter’s Desk: United Through Reading
“Once Upon a Deployment” for Books Make a Difference appears here. When the assignment first came in to cover United Through Reading, I imagined writing this type of article to be a slam dunk. I’d read up on UTR, write up my draft, and hit submit to my editor, Terri. After all, it combined Continue reading
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Paying Attention: April
In 2019, I’m going back to one of my first loves: writing occasional blog posts about what’s going on in my life. My only goal is to reflect on each month and as it draws to a close, take note where my intentions and actions intersect. I’m calling this 12 part series, “The Art of Continue reading
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Ten Years on the Internet
Exactly a decade ago, I was sitting in a counselor’s office crying my way out of a season of major postpartum depression and severe anxiety. I had lived through a very difficult and traumatic pregnancy and was trying to make sense of the ensuing remnants of all that time held. One of the things I’d Continue reading
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#morethanaspouse
This post first appeared on Branching Out, by the National Military Family Association. When we entered the world of military service, now, almost five years ago, I set aside my part-time career as an adjunct English instructor at my alma mater. This was a job I enjoyed for almost eight years; a job for which Continue reading
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Does My Life Reflect My Values?
This is a question that has been floating around in my mind for several weeks now. In fact, it is a question I often consider as seasons change and when I find myself feeling stuck, discontent, or sliding into a funk. As my school year draws to a close and the pace of life is Continue reading
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Adios 2015
Since 2008, the first year I began blogging, I have almost always taken time to end each year reflecting on the previous months, experiences, and milestones. I’ll be honest, some years there has been a huge sense of relief that the year is over. Every year, I find that by taking a few moments to Continue reading
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