The Stupid Deployment

Saturday Evening Post

September 24, 2011

I don’t usually post on the weekends, but writing a post sounded like more fun than finishing up my laundry, so just for fun, I thought I’d write a really long run-on sentence share some facts about this here blog. For starters, I giggled when I typed this post title. I love writing fun games! This post [...]

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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

January 30, 2011

For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord Almighty is his name.  Isaiah 51:15 Pin it

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You Capture – Inspiring

November 18, 2010

What inspires me? I’ve discovered this week that finding things that inspire me isn’t nearly as easy I thought it would be. When I think of the word inspire, I think of three things, really. My hubby and my boys. They inspire me to be a better person. A better wife. A better mom. Instead [...]

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365 Days

August 1, 2010

I am sitting in my big, blue, bloggy chair watching Big Brother. It has been a long day spent mostly on the road from South Carolina to our home in West Virginia. I spent the day thinking about what I was doing one year ago today. There was the little matter of deployment and on [...]

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Remembering Deployment

May 18, 2010

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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

April 13, 2010

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Dear Deployment

September 7, 2009

Dear Deployment: It is with great pleasure that I am writing this letter to you. As of today, you are being banished from our home. McDaddy has tirelessly and selflessly honored his commitment to you and today, he will return to his civilian job where he will continue to save the world, one control system at [...]

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Reconstitution

August 4, 2009

When McDaddy joined the Air National Guard in 1991, he had the difficult task of learning another language. A language that is made up mostly of initials and acronyms. A language that I cannot speak fluently, even after 17 years of use. My sweet Mother-in-law and I have been known to roll our eyes when McDaddy and [...]

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What Deployment Taught Me

August 3, 2009

You may recall that we’ve been dealing with a difficult matter over the past six months. Saturday, the matter was laid to rest. I am happy. I am complete. I am content. I am overjoyed. And everything in between! For those of you who visit me daily here at Inmates, I know you are probably [...]

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Taking A Deep Breath

August 2, 2009

We’ve had six months of tears, doubt and massive heartache. I didn’t even mind fighthing with 30 red, white and blue balloons because they were all tangled together and because the wind was blowing like mad. Folks, its been an exciting week at the McResdence. I felt like a nervous school girl as I prepared for the homecoming and [...]

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