TDRL

Well, it seems like yesterday when he was added to the Temporary Disability Retirement List but he’s already up for another evaluation. We weren’t given any information on how the process works so if anyone knows anything about it as far as timelines, I would greatly appreciate the information! His evaluations were suppose to be [...]

The Gratitude Campaign

Every time someone approached my husband to say thank you for his service, it always made me a little teary eyed. Perhaps because it didn’t happen very often or maybe because you could always tell the person wanted to be able to do so much more. It just always meant a lot to me and [...]

Pre-Deployment Briefings

Is there anyone else out there who dreads these as much as I used to? Of course, the most obvious reason is because it means you will soon be saying good-bye to your soldier. But there are other reasons to dread it as well. Though that doesn’t mean you should avoid going to them because [...]

Great Phone Call!

Some of you are aware that I could definitely use some good news right now as the past week has been very rough for my best friend and her family. And my great news came last night. When we got home last night, the answering machine light was blinking. I pressed the button and heard [...]

2008 is off to a great start!

Hopefully, this post will not jinx that! Yesterday, both Michigan and Georgia won their bowl games. I’m happy any time anyone beats Florida no matter who it is and of course, Rob was thrilled. The Georgia game was actually kind of boring. I’ve never watched Hawaii play so I have no idea if that was [...]