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When Your Car is Totaled During an Overseas PCS (Thank Goodness for Tony)
Whenever we leave one duty station for another, I make the family take one last picture in the empty house. Because my one-year older husband proposed the week after commissioning, he experienced his first Permeant Change of Station (PCS) solo, while I finished my senior year of college on the other side of the country… Continue reading
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The State of Karen
I was a senior in high school during the 2000 presidential election so obviously our US Government class held a school-wide mock election. My college applications for various Political Science programs up and down the east coast were in the property of admissions panels (Yes – I’m officially we applied to college via mail in… Continue reading
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When Resiliency is a Bad Thing
It has been years since I’ve written publicly on a regular basis. But I’m dusting off my keyboard and tentatively dipping my toes back into what is now an archaic form of digital connection. Our move to Germany this past summer wasn’t exactly the smoothest and we found the transition to be quite humbling –… Continue reading
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A Week in St. John, USVI
A couple weeks prior to boarding our flight to Germany, we spent a week in the tropical paradise of St. John, USVI. It took a lot of moving parts to make it happen but we have no regrets squeezing in the trip during what we’ve determined to be our most stressful PCS yet. Clay and… Continue reading
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Pretzels, Beer, and Lots of Walking
Our laundry is currently being held hostage in the lone {broken} front-loading washing machine that resides in the basement of the charming little hotel we’re calling home until we’re assigned housing. The front desk is unmanned during the weekend evening hours and the lone employee was only able to offer a single Tide Pod as… Continue reading
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The Limbo Life- How Low Can We Go?
In about 30 days, we will land in Stuttgart, Germany, which means we’re currently deep into the pot of PCS (permanent change of station) soup, which is full of acronyms that are meaningless outside of the military bubble. Our dog and cat will be joining on our overseas adventure, so we’re fully experiencing all the… Continue reading
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Military Kids – Is a Month Really Necessary?
You’d be hard pressed to attend a military event where the highest-ranking service member doesn’t publicly thank military families for serving too. We’re continuously told that the military wouldn’t be able to thrive without us but these platitudes often fail in practice – deeds, not words, right? The thank you’s feel empty when our children… Continue reading
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A Transformative Experience on the Salmon River
Now that we settled at Carlisle Barracks and have traded the chaos of PCSing for the relentless schedule of school, work, and extracurricular activities, we’re reflecting more than ever on our transformative experience of whitewater rafting and camping in Idaho on the Salmon River earlier this summer. Admittedly, our trip didn’t get off to the… Continue reading
About this Blog
I use this space as a creative outlet to make sense of the world through my forty-something lens. I’m a perpetual list maker and lover of both the wild outdoors and vibrant cities.
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Why?
I believe that curiosity is essential for a well-lived life and find the space outside of my comfort zone absolutely exhilarating.
My husband is in the Army and together we have a teenage son, a tween daughter, an energetic yellow lab, and a black cat with an insatiable appetite for life. We’re never in one place for too long – it’s not always easy, but we’ve been able to soften our assumptions and learn so much about the world. We’re currently stationed in Stuttgart, Germany and making the most of our time in Europe.
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