"At the war's end, I, too, promised myself that I had done with talking about it. I had talked and lived war for six years, and I was longing to pay attention to something - anything - else. But that is like wishing I were someone else. The war is now the story of our [...]
October has accidentally (and happily) turned into a volunteerism-filled month for me. A couple weeks ago, I wrote an article for USAFL about Breast Cancer to kick the giving-back theme off, but please read below to see the other ways in which I'm getting involved and how you can, too! J 1. I recently connected with [...]
The leaves have turned, the air has chilled, and the sidewalks are wet with pre-winter weather. Fall is closing in on the Northern Hemisphere and closing, too, is my fantastic football-filled (nearly) full-time sports season of 2011. From futbol (soccer), to football (Gaelic), to footy (Australian Rules), my year was overflowing with athletic adventure. I [...]
As a follow up to yesterday's post, today I offer the story of "Nooner." A few days ago, my Aussie footy friend, Chet, said, "I hope you make the nooner!" He was referring to the 12 o'clock game we have at the US Australian Rules Football (USAFL) National Tournament...and my infamous nickname from my first [...]
me pointing at the gift bags/boxes I organized for the S-2 Marines, Dec '05, TQ Iraq Discussions about my nicknames come up regularly enough that I decided it was time to write a blog or two about some of these monikers of mine ;-) Although I already have more than thirty nicknames, I always get [...]
I keep coming across articles written by Anu Bhagwati, a female Captain USMC vet, big time role model, and Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) aficionado. My response to one of her articles is below. Anu, Recently, I have found several of your wonderful articles while I've been researching other topics. This is yet another one [...]
With Nationals now less than a week away, I wrote this article in tribute to the United States Australian Football League's efforts (specifically, the efforts of women's footy director, Andrea Casillas) to support women's health and female footy players, and to any family and friends affected by breast cancer.Australian Rules Football brings us together: eight women ranging in age from [...]
me&Margie, praying in Argentina, 2009This isn't one of my favorite submissions - not becauase of the content but because of my writing (I wrote it in a little bit of hurry :-/ ). However, I'd love it if you took a read and let me know what you think. Hopefully, despite the writing imperfections, you [...]
Kate&I: Aug 2005, TQ IraqI came across this in my journal and got a good laugh out of it. As an afterthought to my 26 September 2005 regular daily entry, I wrote:P.S. WOMEN AT WAR 1. Apparently women get "Dear John'ed" while away at war, too. à All is equal in love and war...especially [...]
"When the student is ready, the teacher shall appear." I know that wasn't a mom original. She always had a way of repackaging common sayings, applying them with a teacher's tact and her own personal flair, though. Maybe she said that one so often to me because I never saw her as my teacher when [...]