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Dependency Redefined-Perhaps the first change indoctrinating you into military life happens immediately after marriage.  Your new spouse gets you entered into a system called DEERS, and magically you are then called a “Dependent.”  Being entered into this system makes you officially a spouse in the eyes of the government….

Rise Up-What do you do when you’re having “a day”??  What causes you to have one of those days?  And most significantly, how do you get out of it?  How do you recover?

Murphy & Deployment– How is it that the large tree in the yard with the decay-hollowed trunk had the sixth sense to know just when to topple over into your beloved home’s new roof?  Or, how the bottom of that nine year old water heater rusted out at precisely the most inopportune time?  Or, how that antibiotic-resistant bacteria managed to take up residence in the lungs of your sweet five year old daughter?  The answer’s plain and simple, my dear.  Deployment.

It’s OK-Hey.  How are you doing these days?

I want to talk about a mental health thing.  I want to talk about it because its where I’m at, and I am confident there are plenty of you out there, especially military spouses, single parents, students, and others, who are also experiencing the same thing.