I have not experienced adult life outside of the military. I joined the Marine Corps when I was just 18 years young, and spent 10 years immersed in it. I married my husband (also a Marine) 6 years into my own career as a Marine and have been happily married to him for 10 years. I went from being an active duty Marine to a Marine wife. We have also added 2 children to this oftentimes, crazy life. I have always felt that God placed us (all 4 of us) in this life, because it is where we would flourish to our fullest potentials as faithful followers, believers, and disciples. Military life comes ... Read the Post
Life with Margins
In the summer of 2018 The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, warned high temperatures, drier conditions, decreased snowpack, and large amounts of grass posed an “above average to extreme” wildfire risk. Danger increased due to population growth and suburban sprawl where homes litter brittle burn-prone forests. By the time July ended, over 2 million acres had been burned by wildfires in that single month. If not for margins put in place before the first spark, the damage would’ve been more widespread. Scan western hills or plateaus covered by prairie grass, sage, or ... Read the Post
When You Can’t See
The torrential rain poured down mercilessly that Saturday night, as I drove my husband Chris and myself home from a whirlwind day-trip for our friends' wedding in Dallas. The country roads were not giving me much help to see--no white or yellow lines to follow. And my Chris was fast asleep! I remember looking at him and thinking, "Wake up and help me." But he still slept. My eyes could not make out the road before me, only buckets full of blinding rain on the windshield. The wipers gave no rescue either. I could not see, and there was no shoulder to pull off and wait it out. What ... Read the Post