Posts tagged with ‘families’

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How to prepare children for major life changes

October 17, 2012

I never knew how different military children were until  our granddaughters lived with us during their mom’s deployment. When I was a kid my parents moved very often. They just liked to move and experience new surroundings. When I graduated from high school I had been to 13 schools. People would ask me” Is your [...]

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Soliders returning home.Today’s families still face up coming deployments

November 13, 2011

Recently our media  has been addressing our returning soldiers.  Yes the returning  combat soldiers are coming home. Talking with my friends they are under the impression that our deployments will be over, yes that is true for our combat soldiers . The US has presence all over the world and those military assigned to overseas [...]

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What does it mean to be invited to the White House Community Leaders briefing?

July 26, 2011

When I was notified that I had been selected to attend the White House Community Leaders briefing , my first thought was- “My wish is coming true!” I have been wishing  to share with our government how we can better help our military families experiencing  deployments and returning home for sometime . I faced so [...]

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My parents joined me with my grandkids

June 28, 2011

My granddaughters came to visit us last week during their summer vacation. My eldest granddaughter, Ivie invited her friend Christiana to come spend the day with us.  Ivie meet  Christiana in school when my granddaughters lived with us during my daughter’s deployment. The two of them have kept in touch with each other over the [...]

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Military Families -Family Day at the Red Cross

June 10, 2011

Saturday June 11  I have been invited to  display my materials  at the Military Family Day  sponsored by  the Orange County Red Cross. I am looking forward to this event addressing all needs for the families. Come see me if you are attending this event.