Tick-Tock, tick-tock – time is counting down at your current duty station and you suddenly get the itch. You know, the “moving itch”, because it is about that time to get orders to PCS (Permanent Change of Station) again – in civilian terms that means moving. Emotions are running high for you and your family. While the military is full…
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All is well as you finally feel settled into your duty station. You have been able to do some exploring and sightseeing in the area. Plus being able to spend some quality family time with your service member is the best part. Before long you find yourself thinking about what is in the cards for your next set of orders…
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Recess is supposed to be fun, a time to laugh and play with friends. Most days were like this. But on occasion, there were a few boys that taunted me. They would say my shirt was ugly or call me “Bucky” due to a pretty severe overbite. I’d retort back in a sing-song way with “Sticks and stones may break…
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Moving away from home, family, and friends can invoke… Panic! Fear! Anxiety! Worry! These emotions wreak havoc with the thought of moving away from the people you care about and love. It is possibly the only place you’ve known all or most of your life! That is just plain S.C.A.R.Y to be perfectly honest…wide eyed scary at that! I’ve been…
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Wouldn’t it be great to have peace of mind when your service member is deployed and Murphy’s Law visits? An emergency fund can change a crisis into a manageable situation. Military pay is a steady paycheck. So you are probably wondering why in the world you would need to have an emergency fund. Why would you stockpile money back when…
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