by Jessica Scott | Apr 5, 2012 | deployment, Iraq, leadership, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized
Last night my husband and I attended his battalion ball. You can check out the snark and sarcasm on twitter under the hashtag #tweetsfromtheball if you’re that interested but all in all, it was a really good time.
What’s always neat, though, for me as both a spouse...
by Jessica Scott | Jun 2, 2010 | Iraq, moms at war, Uncategorized, women at war
In the last two days, I’ve had two people say that I expect other people to raise my kids for me because I’m in the military. Those words hurt and they offended me deeply. But they are also somewhat true, to an extent. In my family, as many families with both parents...
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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...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 26, 2010 | deployment, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
Anyone who knows me will tell you I am high strung. I tend to jump before hearing the whole story, which has lead to some tasty dishes of crow over the years. But I’m pretty intense, especially when I’ve got something I believe passionately about is at stake. Last...
