Until My Son Comes Home
Today marks the start of a new weekly (Tuesday) blog series for me that I hope you will find of interest. My plan is to keep it going until my son comes home, hence the title. I truly hope that at...
View ArticleUMSCH2: 8 Minutes, 7 Seconds
So I got through my first week as a soldier’s mom. Let me tell you, it wasn’t easy and he hasn’t even been deployed anywhere. I held it together last weekend before he went away to “Uncle Sam’s...
View ArticleUMSCH3: All Quiet on the Texas Front
No call or letter this week, but I’m not surprised. He’s on base now, ACUs and all, so I’m sure he’s getting used to the pleasure of having a drill sergeant. I decided to fill my time during this...
View ArticleUMSCH5: 3 Pages
I received a 3-page letter this time. 3 pages, albeit small ones. Other than a required paper for college, I’m sure that’s the most my son has ever written in one sitting. I know that as of the first...
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UMSCH6: Sick Call
My soldier had his first “sick call” last week. I’d gotten a letter from him saying he felt like he was swallowing razorblades, and something was going around the barracks because several of the guys...
View Article“You should never write for free”
Rick Reilly of ESPN gave a speech at a convocation for a journalism school and spouted off comments that all bloggers should be interested in. Essentially, he said that we are saps if we write for...
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UMSCH10: Peaks and Valleys
I could tell from my son’s last letter that he was back in the Valley of Homesick again. This may be occurring about every 3-4 weeks. I’m sure it has a lot to do with the exhaustion he’s probably...
View ArticleFollow Up on the ‘CRA Led to the Mortgage Meltdown’ Myth
Bear with me if I get a little like a dog chewing on a bone about this subject, but if I had a craw one of the things that would stick in it would be the ‘CRA led to the mortgage meltdown’ nonsense...
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Obama Campaign Caves to Latest Fake Outrage from the Right. This Time, It was...
Over the weekend, the conservative blogosphere freaked out over an art print being sold by the Obama campaign. The image was a free hand likeness similar to an American flag, with the Obama logo in...
View ArticleTrading Places
I have cross-posted today: http://www.untilmysoncomeshome.com/2013/03/trading-places.html The post Trading Places appeared first on The Daily Hurricane.
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