Online Dating: GI Joe or JAC (Just A Creep)?
The dating world can be rough—relieved (make that RELIEVED) I am no longer in it! The military life, also rough—time and travel demands, a schedule that often has no flexibility and, of course, little...
View ArticleVA: Promote Obamacare or Reduce Disability Claims?
Fox News reports last week that the Veterans Administration (VA) will be implementing an informational campaign about The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. “Obamacare”). One televised report can be watched...
View ArticleA Week Of Warriors To Remember
For the past several weeks, been away from ThoughtfulWomen.org to raise the new Labrador Retriever puppy my wounded warrior husband and I picked up from the kennel on Father’s Day. Long time since I...
View ArticleHonor Flight: Remembering Our WWII Veterans
This past week marked the 68th Anniversary of the Japanese surrender during WW2. We are losing hundreds of our WW2 veterans, members of the Greatest Generation, every day. Soon they will no longer be...
View ArticleWaiting After War: Veterans Disability Claims Delayed
I keep hearing how things are improving with the Veterans Administration (VA) Disability Claim backlog. In fact, click here to read President Obama’s discussion from earlier this month about how the...
View ArticleMedia Favors Miley Over Military Honors
With all going on in the world this week–reports of chemical weapons in Syria and speeches by Secretary of State John Kerry on the topic; unrest and killings in Egypt; murders of WWII veterans;...
View ArticleVeteran and Patriot Rider Denied The Right To Honor The Fallen
I have a soft spot for patriot riders–those motorcycle groups that show up at parades, military troop send off/welcome home ceremonies and, of course, funerals for the fallen. Such a soft spot, in...
View Article800,000 Veterans Waiting On VA Claims, Not So Funny
It’s a sad state of affairs for the veterans of our nation when Comedy Central nails the ineptitude of the Veterans Administration (VA) as well as any media outlet. This story called Ignoring Private...
View ArticlePost 9-11: Remember Our Military Community
Last year, on September 12, 2012, my memoir Sleeping With Dog Tags, was released. My first thought once that happened: “Holy (blank)…I just shared my story with the world!” My second thought: “Well, no...
View ArticleObama Delivers Economic Remarks During D.C. Naval Yard Lockdown
Over lunch yesterday, I curled up on the sofa with my lunch to continue watching the news coverage of the tragic events at the Naval Yard in Washington, D.C. At the time, approximately a dozen people...
View ArticleSeptember History Lesson: Our National Anthem
Several weeks ago, it was a rainy day and my elementary school kid–looking for something constructive to do–decided to use the time to teach herself a song — our national anthem. She dug up an old...
View ArticleAmerican Exceptionalism vs. American Acceptionalism
On the heels of Putin’s warning about the use of the term “American Exceptionalism”, perhaps it’s time we know the definition of “exceptionalism” and, further, ask ourselves if it accurately defines...
View ArticleAsk a Veteran What Obamacare Will Be Like
Recent figures indicate the Veteran Administration’s disability claim backlog contains 736,000+ veterans, with over half of the veterans in the backlog waiting more than 125 days for ratings related to...
View ArticleWould You Renounce Your Faith In The Face of Death?
Most of us know the terrorists in the Kenya mall attack were selectively murdering innocents. People found in the mall by the terrorists were questioned about the Muslim faith and if they could answer...
View ArticleWWII Veterans Ignore Shutdown and Storm DC Memorial
So many of us are disgusted by the cowardice of government leaders. This is the feel-good story of the day! Several weeks ago, I wrote about Honor Flight, a movie following an organization flying WWII...
View ArticleTaking Bullets vs. Taking Obamacare
It’s official. This government has crossed the bounds of decency. Due to the government shutdown, the (open air) American cemetery in Normandy, France is shut down. The gate is locked and there is no...
View ArticleHappy Veterans Day To My Love And All Who Have Served
In a few short weeks my husband’s military career comes to an end. It took two years of waiting, but his final disability ratings from the Veterans Administration arrived this past week and he is ready...
View ArticleIs She ‘Too Pretty’ For War?
I woke up today thinking about worldwide unrest, terrorism, nuclear weapons, over half a million returned combat veterans stuck in a disability claim backlog at the VA, Obamacare implementation and...
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