You’ve smelled your soldier’s PT uniform so I’m not telling you anything when I say this life doesn’t always smell like roses. You’ve most likely endured a deployment – or three or four – and so you know that being together all the time is a civilian fairy tale. You’ve probably PCSd with a few months (or less) notice or had orders changed on you before so you know that change is the only thing that you can count on. I can almost bet that you and your family have probably been stationed somewhere that you really in the pit of your belly do not like one bit. I’m probably not telling you anything that will surprise you. You know that sometimes you just have to put your big girl panties on and “embrace the suck”. Continue reading →