Category Archives: military life

More Depressing than a Sad Santa

Posted on June 8, 2014 by

From the Momplex archives: It would be an understatement to say I’ve been a little blue lately. Blue’s such a pretty color anyway. Why don’t we refer to the doldrums with a color like diarrhea brown, as in “I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Soldier

Posted on May 26, 2009 by

My husband is a soldier. It’s odd for me to type that out. Frankly, I think it makes him sound like a scuzzball that drives around in a rusty truck wearing a wifebeater t-shirt, listening to Lee Greenwood and Def … Continue reading →

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Not Enough Mom to Go Around

Posted on December 17, 2008 by

From the Momplex Archives: My better half (and I really mean that) has been gone for almost three weeks, working on getting a bunch of soldiers ready for deployment. He’s in the National Guard, and what’s normally a two-week annual … Continue reading →

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Fly Your Freak Flag, Er, I Mean White Flag

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

This one’s dedicated to all you folks out there with babies who don’t sleep well. You deserve untold rewards! We gave up on sleep training. It was a bust. I’m sorry to any poor souls out there who stumbled across … Continue reading →

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