by Jessica Scott | Aug 1, 2010 | army mom, military mom, RWA Nationals, social networking, Uncategorized, working mom, Writing
Getting ready for this event was beyond stressful. When I say there was crying and screaming and gnashing of the teeth, there was. It was absolutely brutal in so many, unbelievable ways. The first night there, I wanted to leave and not even bother being there. Part of...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 16, 2010 | army mom, military mom, mommy fail, moms at war, Uncategorized, working mom
My daughter nearly drowned last night. We’ve been going to swimming lessons at the Lions Club Aquatics park in Killeen and last night, my fear became reality. I was sitting about ten feet from the edge, close enough to watch but far enough that they would pay...
by Jessica Scott | Jun 4, 2010 | empowering parents, military mom, Uncategorized
As if I don’t have enough on my plate, today I was accepted as a regular blogger over at Empowering Parents. For those of you that have followed my travails as a military mom working through deployment and reintegration, I’ve really struggled. About a week or so ago,...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 25, 2010 | deployment, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
Somehow this weekend, I was roped into throwing a birthday party for Jerry. You know, as in Tom and Jerry. Tom wasn’t invited. Anyway, the mystery of how I ended up doing this was soon solved when my dearest husband came home with yellow cake mix and chocolate...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 12, 2010 | army officers, deployment, Iraq, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
It’s hard to believe but its been four months now since I first stepped off that plane from Iraq. So much has changed and yet, so much still remains. January and February will go down as the worst months. Lots of crying and screaming and yelling as the kids tried to...