Dear Congress. On election day this year, I shared this quote by Abraham Lincoln on my facebook page: “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s [...]

Good morning friends! Just a quick post to share that we’ve decided to reschedule this week’s Jane’s cup of Joe for next friday. Between snow days, sick kids, and all sorts of surprises, we needed a change in plans! So how is your week going? How do you keep your life in balance between work [...]

Today I’m spending my extra time catching up on some living history sewing because our beautiful children won’t stop growing. Exhibit A: My son’s suit that fit perfectly in September. Good thing I left some room to grow in Maggie’s clothes! Are you a crafty person? What are your favorite hobbies that you share with [...]

It is no secret that I have a love affair with old things.  (Old Books especially!) So as things have finally started to settle down into a good routine, and every single box from our move has been sorted, I have started looking for ways to volunteer in our new community. The first thing I [...]

Welcome back to another episode of “Jane’s cup of Joe”! If you haven’t heard about this yet, I have talked four of my most-favorite-funny-women-on-the-planet to join me on friday mornings for a brand new talk show called “Jane’s cup o’Joe”. All of us are military wives at different stages of marriage, motherhood, and life – [...]

Welcome back to another episode of “Jane’s cup of Joe”! If you haven’t heard about this yet, I have talked four of my most-favorite-funny-women-on-the-planet to join me on friday mornings for a brand new talk show called “Jane’s cup o’Joe”. All of us are military wives at different stages of marriage, motherhood, and life – [...]

Welcome to our very FIRST episode of “Jane’s cup of Joe” If you haven’t heard about this yet, I have talked four of my most-favorite-funny-women-on-the-planet to join me on friday mornings for a brand new talk show called “Jane’s cup o’Joe”. All of us are military wives at different stages of marriage, motherhood, and life [...]

When I was a brand new wife and military spouse, I found myself drawn towards voices of experience. Veteran Army wives who had been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, and lived to tell about it. They were my inspiration. They were my encouragement. They were my sanity. Two weeks ago, I was part of [...]

On the 14th of January we passed the one year anniversary of my husband’s return from Afghanistan. I wanted to write a blog post filled with beautiful pictures of our reunited family from his homecoming ceremony, But as I looked through all of the pictures one by one, the words just wouldn’t come. Why couldn’t [...]

I have been trying to write these words for months. We are four months into our new home and finally unpacked. We are six months into adjusting to life ‘back in the States’ after four years in Germany. We are ten months into adjusting to life as a family after Seth’s fourth deployment. That last [...]