I recently had the chance to porch sit with my bestie neighbor, Miranda Crosby and our mutual friend Danica Thomas, to talk about the ups and downs we’ve experienced throughout the Covid-19 pandemic— and how we have coped with the changes in our lives. We brought our unique perspectives, backgrounds, personalities, quirks to the microphone

Today, I chatted with the amazing Kellie Artis, Millie COO, who is helping Military Families PCS with ease in partnership with Lowe’s Home Improvement. #LetsPCSTogether

Melissa Vera is the creator and contributor of four beautiful and informative blogs: Adventures of Frugal Mom, Champagne Style Bare Budget, Reading with Frugal Mom, and her most recent venture The Writer and The Farmer. Listen to our recent conversation on Hodge Podge Podcast where we talk everything from North Carolina agriculture, blogging tips, DIY projects, raising children in the time of social distancing and so much more!

Matthew Brown- Originalé The MC: This Washington, North Carolina native feeds from his #faith, #family and #lessons learned growing up in a #smalltown in #rural Eastern North Carolina to create #positive and #soulful #Christian #hiphop and #rap to #inspire others.

An interview with Monica Fullerton, Founder of Spouse-ly— an Air Force spouse, momprenuer who has created a genius #startup #onlinecommunity to support #military connected businesses. Spouse-ly is a one-stop #marketplace #shop to buy & #supportmilitary and #Veteranowned #businesses. On Spouse-ly you can find both products & services, creating a true one-stop shop. Everything from #homedecor, #apparel, #books to services stemming from #employmentassistance to #taxpreparation. It has it all! Think of #etsy but devoted entirely to the #milcommunity.

Jeremy Fiebig- Son of a Preacher Man- Talks #SweetTea, #Shakespeare and Fayetteville, NC on Hodge Podge Podcast. We chat about Jeremy’s life dedicated to the #theater arts, his love of Shakespeare, life as a father, husband and son of a preacher man—and what led him to #Fayetteville, NC to teach theater at #FayettevilleStateUniversity as well #SweetTeaShakespeare Theater Group. He gives the 411 on what’s coming to the #stage and his new #podcast!

An interview with Lindsey Wofford and Stacy Graybill of Seth’s Wish- an amazing organization in Fayetteville, North Carolina that is helping the homeless and hungry.

Erika Wallgren is a military spouse, mom, educator and life coach on a journey to help others find their dream job. Listen to my interview with Erika here to here more about the Career Development Coaching she provides.

To say I am inspired by Danica Thomas is an understatement. She is a widowed Army spouse who survived her late husband’s suicide following his traumatic injuries from combat in Afghanistan. She is now paving a path of life and healing for her two young daughters and the military community. She survived a nightmare and is now helping military families and service members connect to supports to prevent tragic outcomes. She is a huge proponent of suicide awareness, an avid volunteer and speaker. She serves as the Board Chair for Susan Tillis Foundation which supports families with newborns born at Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Enjoy my conversation with Shane McCarthy, Chief Marketing Officer of Sandboxx, a United States veteran-owned platform that supports almost 2 million #servicemembers and their supporters throughout their #military journey via #content, #technology, & #products enabling the military ecosystem to thrive. Shane and I discuss everything from what led him (an #Irish born and bred young professional) to Sandboxx along with tips on #militaryspouse and #veteran hiring practices as well as all of the fabulous services Sandboxx provides the military community. Note: Please forgive glitchy moments in our recording as we experienced some technical difficulties which is to be expected when recording remotely from time to time.