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Hi, it's been a while. As most of you know, the year 2020 has been chaotic to say the least. I have not had the time or motivation to...

July 28, 2018 I packed the last of my things into NB's truck and my SUV, we stored most of our stuff in my SUV since we were towing it ,...

I've been waiting to write this chapter for so long. In a way it's almost like this part is happening to me for the first time, not as...

Life is a game of give and take. That's what they say, right? I can agree with that, however I feel like that statement can be...

It's difficult to be torn between two things. It's even worse when making the choice between those two things is really a question of...

I take a great amount of pride in how I chose to handle most things that life has thrown my way. I know I'm not perfect, not by any...

Hey guys! I feel like it's been a while, because of the detour last week. If you got around to watching those videos, there were a few...

I never really imagined myself making a post that isn't a consecutive chapter, for a long time, if ever. And I honestly went through a...

They say that good things take time. And while I would in no way consider any of this a "good thing", the fact of the matter is that, as...

For so much of this process I was forced to comply with unfair, unjust terms. I still was, having a "schedule" for which I was allowed to...

In my experience being married into the Army life, I had become really accustomed to the concept of "hurry up and wait". And I'm glad...

Nothing in this world could have prepared me for the pain that being physically away from my child for an entire four weeks would bring....

When the court is making decisions that will affect a child's future, the child needs a spokesperson. Not either parent, but an objective...

I never forget a good day. I have freakishly great memory about most things. It's what allows me to do well at the job I have now, it's...

Two weeks into this avalanche that had become my life, I was finally starting to adjust to my new surroundings. Not that I was in any way...

I've always been a very patient person. That's one of the things that made me such a good mother, and a trait of mine that because I am a...

Up until now I had never gone even an entire day away from Mila, and there I was just over a week without her. While I was still pretty...

I have never felt more desperate or helpless than I did in the days following where we last left off. I spent the next few days crashing...

If there was any area in my life that I actually knew what I was doing it was parenting. Mila had never missed a doctor’s appointment, a...

So Chapter 8 was kind of intense, right? Well, I’d be willing to bet that none of you would be able to guess what happened next! The next...