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Tips for Selling Your Home with Young Children

Written By Sydney SmithPosted on Aug 16, 2024CategoriesMoving
This past Spring, we had quite the experience selling our first home. Not only was the market a bit unpredictable with fluctuating interest rates, but we came down with a violent stomach …
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Sydney’s children holding ice cream

Avoiding Summer Boredom for Older Kids

Written By Kristi StolzenbergPosted on Aug 13, 2024CategoriesParenting
As I write this, we are completing our first week of summer vacation. If you recall, in an earlier blog, I mentioned that our 13-year-old son asked for one week in the …
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Kristi’s children and dog on a couch

DOD Pumps Up Support for Breastfeeding

Written By Posted on Aug 12, 2024CategoriesParenting
Every year, we celebrate National Breastfeeding Month in the month of August, and this health observance turns the spotlight on breastfeeding as the premier source of nutrition for babies. As a registered …
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Preparing for High School Senior Year

Written By Posted on Aug 6, 2024CategoriesParenting
As I write this, thousands of kids nationwide are graduating, including tiny kindergarteners headed to elementary school, anxious middle schoolers worrying about walking high school halls, and seniors bursting with excitement to …
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When Military Life Means Missing Family Events

Written By Lizann LightfootPosted on Jul 30, 2024CategoriesMilitary Life
Some people are lucky to live at a duty station close to the town where they grew up, with the support of family and friends nearby. However, for many military families, traveling …
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Making Peace With a PCS You Didn’t Choose

Written By Sydney SmithPosted on Jul 23, 2024CategoriesMoving
About one year ago, shortly after living close to family on the East Coast, we experienced the classic Army cliche. My husband began the Q course here at Fort Liberty, and just …
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Sydney's children in a moving box
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