Is blogging therapeutic?

Just came across an interesting article on CNN about blogging.  Here’s a quote from the article which does ring true, in my opinion.
“Blogging can create an instant support system, especially at a time when you might not have the energy or resources to seek out people who’ve shared your experiences,” says Mason
Here’s another quote which I [...]

Randy Pausch

Many of you have probably heard of Randy Pausch, the Carnegie-Mellon professor who has terminal pancreatic cancer.  He gave his “last lecture” back in September to a packed audience at the university.  His words are truly inspiring.
I don’t know if anyone saw this interview with Diane Sawyer last evening but the hour long special is [...]

What I’ve learned

I’ve had some bizarre thoughts lately and I’m going to put them out there for public consumption b/c I’m curious to know if other milspouses have these same thoughts or if I’m just losing my mind.
Obi-Wan is coming home on Friday and I’m really excited of course.  I feel like a weight is being lifted [...]

Lost my heart

I’m listening to my iPod right now and Keane’s song Crystal Ball is playing.  I never paid attention too much to the lyrics before - usually I half hear the music b/c I’m at work and it’s nice to have background noise.  But just now, I really listened to the lyrics and felt like a [...]

More deep thoughts on deployment

As I was writing an email to someone tonight, the more I wrote, the more it sounded like I wanted to express those thoughts here. 
Deployments are really tough on many levels.  There are so many head games that we play to survive daily life, mentally and physically.  We have to push forward even when we [...]

I’ve been tagged!

She Who Waits tagged me following her own tagging from The Lemon Stand and what I need to do now is reveal 7 things about myself that most people don’t know about me.  Many of those who do know me won’t necessarily be surprised by this but for those that don’t, here we go. 
1.  In [...]

My deep dark chocolate layer

No, this entry isn’t about some tasty chocolate cake, which I personally love.  It’s about the other side of me that I’m realizing I don’t share with many people.  My sister read my blog for the first time today and emailed me afterwards that this blog is revealing a side of me that she doesn’t [...]