Two Peas, One pod
Your smile. Contagious to anyone who sees you. I feel whole for the first time ever. Here and there, laughs and giggles, running at night...
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MILITARY LIFE
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Ella W.
- Mar 15
Long Distance
It triumphs over our trust, our commitment, our effort. I miss you. I can't remember what it feels like when the video calls are enough....
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- Mar 10
The Disregarded Aspects of PCS: High School
The process of PSCing is tense. Since a military environment has always surrounded me, moving has been portrayed as an adventure and a...
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- Mar 1
Sports: Benefiting Military Teens
When military teens move to a new place, a major struggle is meeting people at their new school - finding people and potential friends to...
Cecelia T.
- Jan 27
Stay Here or Go?
Earlier this year, the U.S. News and World Report named Huntsville, Alabama as the best place to live in America. I had never even known...
Zoe B.
- Jan 13
The Window Seat
Here I am again, staring out a window at the concrete, as the engines begin to roar. Engines. Concrete. I try not to think, because then...
Loretta S.
- Jan 9
Adjusting to America: My Top Three Weirdest Culture Shocks
Six months ago, in June, I moved from Camp Humphreys, South Korea, where I'd lived for five years, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for my...
Nate M.
- Jan 6
The Bittersweet Reality of High School Stabilization
High school stabilization: something my family never thought we would apply for. We’ve always been the type of people who go with the...
Mina D
- Jan 2
Return Address
One thing I’ve learned from being a military kid is that you experience a lot of change. It seems like a given since you’re expected to...
Elisabeth H.
- Dec 19, 2022
The Shock of Culture
Regional, ethnic, religious - thousands of cultures surround our day-to-day lives. They mingle and disperse - little snowflakes in the...
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- Dec 7, 2022
How Is an Onion Like Memories?
Well, they both have layers and can make you cry. One evening, as my dad and I drove through Crystal City, he pointed out the hotels he...
Elisabeth H.
- Nov 4, 2022
Sometimes Negatives Are Also Positives
As we all know, military teens can have a difficult life. I respect that statement because I know it’s true. We go through moves -...
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- Oct 26, 2022
Where Are You From?
“Where Are You From?” This casual, small talk, question is the one that never fails to stump me. A question I encounter frequently, most...
melizabethr2004
- Oct 21, 2022
She Doesn't Even Go Here
I think we can all agree that being a military child is one of the most chaotic and unstable things in the whole world. A lot of the...
Ciara S.
- Sep 16, 2022
Leaving Support for Education
This is Ciara's thoughts as she prepares for her future in college.
Emily A.
- Sep 12, 2022
Without Me: The Sting of Seeing Others Move On
Without. Me. Two of some of the hardest words to swallow. In Utah, I felt like myself. Feelings of happiness would emerge when I headed...
Catherine M.
- Jul 25, 2022
Moving in the Middle of Senior Year
In the constant uncertainty of military life, it is not often that we say, “oh, tha