almost forgotten Home it looked so terribly unfamiliar tile floors and white walls like photos had not lined them I have come back for a...

With over 4,000 different options for colleges in the United States and over 25,000 options worldwide, high schoolers today have an...

On the surface level, being a military brat with siblings isn’t much different than being an ordinary brat with siblings. You can’t stand...

June 20th will mark one full year of me living in Portugal. One full year of ups and downs, of growing and changing, of steps forward and...

Some people say that military life is my entire personality. They say it somehow manages to creep into almost any thought that leaves my...

I was never one of the kids who could identify a plane during flight, who could name every single squadron, or who could speak of all the...

Throughout my lifetime, I have been one of those people who couldn't seem to stick to one singular activity. I have participated in...

The military is filled with leaders. There are the top-dog in-charge-of-thousands-of-soldiers leaders, and there are the squad leaders,...

Counting down the minutes until the final box would make its way into the truck, I silently prayed that this was all just a bad dream. Of...

An owl. A firefly. A crusader. A trojan. A stallion. A wolf. Each of these represents the mascot of a school that I’ve attended. Six...

As a military kid, I often dread the age-old "Where are you from?" I usually answer one of two ways: the place I live in, or I'll say...

My home is in my heart, I always need a new start, I make friends everywhere I go, It makes no difference, I know, It will never change,...

Is it possible to miss a friend when you’re sitting right next to her? Or feel homesick even as you sit in the house you ache for? Some...

'Hey, bud, uh, just checking in If actually, if you want, I'm, uh, in between flight We're all flying and I'm gone heading out to the...

Recently, a Bloom blog titled 'Sports: Benefiting Military Teens' discussed the incredible benefits that sports can have on military...

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...

The process of PSCing is tense. Since a military environment has always surrounded me, moving has been portrayed as an adventure and a...

When military teens move to a new place, a major struggle is meeting people at their new school - finding people and potential friends to...

The cold pressing into your seat. The rumbling beneath your feet. The experience of traveling on a plane, from the rolling take-off to...

My dad is often met with the phrase, "Thank you for your service." In the Walmart checkout line, after church sessions, between gas...