Guest Post in Honor of Veteran’s Day….

Life After Service: Health Risks For Veterans                                              …

Military Camo – Disguising Child Neglect?

Military Camo – Disguising Child Neglect? This week I visited my son and his family – they just had a new baby boy whom we wanted to meet.  My son…

“What I’ve Learned as an Infantryman”…

From my son-in-law at Army boot camp – Fort Beannie (Thanks MC!): What I’ve Learned as an Infantryman, a/k/a: Grunt-in-Training: 1.  How to eat a three-course meal in under three…

More Evidence That Smoking is Harmful to Your Health…

We all know what the doctors say.  But now listen to our soldiers-in-training.  My son-in-law at ARMY boot camp has been put under a new “smoking” policy.  According to the…

On Bronzing Baby Boy Boot-ies…

Just hours before he left us for the Navy, my son talked of how he would miss his steel-toed work boots.  He said he LOVED his steel toed boots.  I…

A Frail Thin Line

   ________________________________________________________________________________________ Do you ever feel as if you’re straddling a frail, thin line?  Or maybe standing on one side, peering over to the other, trying not to lose your…