I recently stumbled upon a Facebook page through another group that linked it. The title was awfully long: RPM Rockin' in the Free World Book but I browsed and then realized it was a book written by an Army wife about her husband. Intrigued I went to the website and watched the video:
http://www.ryanpmeans.com/#!video
and I cried! I had to read it. I immediately went to Amazon to order it and it arrived a few days later. It is a fast read... I sat and read it over a 6 hour period and I could not put it down. The book contains letters and e-mails that Ryan wrote to his family and friends, and letters and emails between Heather and Ryan. It also includes a few journal entries of Ryan's and then narration about the events from Heather's perspective.
It is an incredibly moving and inspiring story of love and loss. I definitely recommend it!!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Happy Independence Day!
I Love the 4th of July. I love my country, I love our flag, I love the patriotism, I love the fireworks, I love fun in the sun with family and friends, and I absolutely love a reason to celebrate the hard fought freedom that my husband and many others before him have fought to defend! If you only watch one of the videos below, make it the second one. It's a beautiful rendition of the Pledge of Allegiance that I think everyone should hear. Happy 4th and God bless the U.S.A!!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
G-O, Let's GO!
I've always wanted to be involved in whatever Army community we find ourselves in. I feel like volunteering and cultivating relationships with other wives and families will only enrich our experience, and of course make the next (at minimum) 13 years a little easier at times.
Plus I just really really like being involved.
So, when I saw the opportunity I applied right away! Ft. Benning has a youth cheer league and they were accepting applications for volunteer coaches for this Fall. The ladies at CYS-Sports and Youth Fitness have been so nice and lucky for me I'm going to be coaching come August! I've always loved cheering and it was such a fun and uplifting part of my younger years. Hopefully I can share just a little bit of that joy this Fall! The girls are ages 6-10 and I've already started running through my memory and writing down motions and cheers I remember. I also wanted to make a bow for each of the girls that they can wear to the games so I headed to the internet to look for a tutorial on cheer bows. Youtube did not disappoint, and within a couple of hours I had whipped up a couple of practice bows. Unfortunately my creative energy tends to take up a large amount of space. Exhibit A:
My husband is always pretty tolerant, even though I think he secretly wishes I had my own craft cave to create all that mess in (don't worry dear, I do too!!). Lucky for him he's far away so he doesn't have to look at it. It may or may not still be sitting in that same spot two days later.
This is the first bow I finished and I think it turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself! I gave it to a friend of mine in town who is not afraid to proudly wear big pink bows in her hair. :)
Everything else has been pretty uneventful. I went and saw Magic Mike with some friends last weekend and it was a fun girls night out. I still need to inventory our household goods but just really don't know where to begin so I'm procrastinating. I miss my husband. Same old thing.
We did get news that Jase should get a 3 or 4 day pass after this cycle is over so I am keeping my fingers crossed! Till next time :)
Plus I just really really like being involved.
So, when I saw the opportunity I applied right away! Ft. Benning has a youth cheer league and they were accepting applications for volunteer coaches for this Fall. The ladies at CYS-Sports and Youth Fitness have been so nice and lucky for me I'm going to be coaching come August! I've always loved cheering and it was such a fun and uplifting part of my younger years. Hopefully I can share just a little bit of that joy this Fall! The girls are ages 6-10 and I've already started running through my memory and writing down motions and cheers I remember. I also wanted to make a bow for each of the girls that they can wear to the games so I headed to the internet to look for a tutorial on cheer bows. Youtube did not disappoint, and within a couple of hours I had whipped up a couple of practice bows. Unfortunately my creative energy tends to take up a large amount of space. Exhibit A:
My husband is always pretty tolerant, even though I think he secretly wishes I had my own craft cave to create all that mess in (don't worry dear, I do too!!). Lucky for him he's far away so he doesn't have to look at it. It may or may not still be sitting in that same spot two days later.
This is the first bow I finished and I think it turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself! I gave it to a friend of mine in town who is not afraid to proudly wear big pink bows in her hair. :)
Everything else has been pretty uneventful. I went and saw Magic Mike with some friends last weekend and it was a fun girls night out. I still need to inventory our household goods but just really don't know where to begin so I'm procrastinating. I miss my husband. Same old thing.
We did get news that Jase should get a 3 or 4 day pass after this cycle is over so I am keeping my fingers crossed! Till next time :)
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