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Making Peace With a PCS You Didn’t Choose

By Sydney Smith Jul 23, 2024Moving

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 …

Making the Best of a Duty Station

By Sydney Smith Feb 20, 2024Moving

My favorite biblical scripture has always been Ecclesiastes 3. In this chapter, Solomon shares how there is time for everything under the sun. He emphasizes the reality that we are here for …

Buying a House from a Distance

By Lizann Lightfoot Feb 6, 2024Moving

When military families get PCS orders, one of the first questions usually is, “Where will we live?” If you don’t want to live on a base (or base housing isn’t available) you …

Staying Present

By Sydney Smith Jan 26, 2024Moving

There are a lot of hard things about being a military spouse. Among those things, I find one of the most challenging to master is remaining present. Especially when you’ve learned where …

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Quick Ways to Make New Friends

By Sydney Smith Dec 5, 2023Military Life

One of the hardest things about moving to a new duty station is finding a new community. As a seasoned military spouse, this is by far the most difficult thing for me… …

Our first experience doing a personally procured move (previously called a do-it-yourself, or DITY, move) was completely unintentional. Somehow, my husband signed us up to move ourselves, and by the time we …

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