by Liz A | Sep 1, 2021 | Guest Blogger
Elizabeth Therese (Lillibet) Age 3 When the wind blows, the top of Elizabeth’s head looks like a haystack gone awry. Elizabeth laughs, then teases her hair with her fingers, when her older sisters smooth out those unruly wisps of hair. Below this wavy golden crown is...
by Liz A | Aug 16, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
Battle buddies A note with the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaching and current events. As a long time Army wife, I’m not really surprised at the current chaos in the Middle East, and doubt most of those who served there or who’ve intimately supported the troops, is...
by Liz A | Aug 13, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
Lessons from “Mutilated crumbs and gummy worms” The continuing chronicles of an Army wife and mother “Here Lies Lizzy. She cleaned up crap well! This is the epitaph that will go on my gravestone,” I had blurted out my chosen epitaph along with a handful of expletives,...
by Liz A | Aug 1, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
Black Loyalist Harry Washington Survivor of slavery, war, and disease, Harry Washington spent his life fighting for the same rights his former owner, George Washington, did in the American Revolution. Born in West Africa and brought to America about 1760, Harry...
by Liz A | Jul 14, 2021 | Portfolio
An article I wrote for Military Families Magazine focusing on organizations supporting military families. One of my favorite things about writing is the incredible people I get to interview. And as an Army wife, I’ve always thought the military community was extra...
