Keep Your Courage

The more life I live, the more I realize how finding and having and keeping friends is so tricky. A lot of us feel lonely, a lot of us don't know where to even start in making friends when we're not 2nd graders playing on the playground anymore, most of us move so much it feels next to impossible to cultivate a community before we're uprooted again,

Here's what I'm going to say:

We do it anyway.

And it begins with showing up. I'll tell you how and why here.

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I've told this story in pieces throughout this podcast, but it's time to tell the whole thing. When we served those initial 4 years in the military and then got out, we got out for good, putting down roots in a very non-military life. And here we are, very solidly back in the military and very definitively committed and loving it. So- what happened? What happened in that middle part of the story where we realized we needed to pivot, made the choice to pursue getting back in?

If you are in the middle of discerning a big decision, if you are curious about how to notice the movements of God, if you're not sure whether to pursue a change, or if it would help to hear how someone else made this decision to be in the military life, this episode is for you.

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Mothering in the middle of a deployment or a wild assignment or in the throes of a PCS or even just on a Wednesday is really, really hard. When you, yourself, are exhausted and still tending to the needs of tiny humans who are also exhausted- that's really hard. This is the episode where we talk about it.

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We talk about being military wives around here which, if you're like me you're incredibly proud of, but also sometimes? You wanna quit. Sometimes this life is just really hard, and the best way through is with Lane's gritty, hard-won advice to just Keep Not Quitting. Listen in for what I mean.

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The pace and demands of military life really do add up, but we rarely name it as hard because it's just so normal in the military. We have to be strong to handle this life, but being kind to our own self is just as important.

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Going into this military life, we know it's going to be a hard life, right? But the phrase "hard life" doesn't really do justice to how shaky and tender and... well, hard, this life can be. Here are some thoughts about how to handle it.

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The military life can be hard for all of the obvious reasons. Also? It can be hard on your connection with friends & family back home, non-military neighbors and colleagues understanding the demands of your military life. If you have ever felt misunderstood or unseen by someone near you, if you long for more connection, not less, this episode is for you.

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Any one day in the military life can be overwhelming, but what's also overwhelming? How no two days tend to look the same. A life of consistency? Forget about it. Let's talk about how to settle into a life that feels very unsettled.

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I bet that there are some of you who have your own list of why you're feeling overwhelmed right now. In order to help get each other through, we need to get shoulder to shoulder with one another, letting each other know we are not alone. This is how.

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Sometimes it can feel like nobody understands the toll that the military life takes- the uncertainty, the demands from constant interruptions, how many people need us, but we need to keep going even when our own heart is broken.

If you feel alone, unseen, like maybe no one understands what it's really like to live as a military wife, this episode is for you.

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