Are you feeling overwhelmed or discouraged? Caregivers never feel like they have enough time to manage their wounded warrior’s care, from appointment scheduling, playing phone tag with the VA, filing for benefits, attending appointments, setting up respite care, filing paperwork, managing medications and a plethora of other duties. It’s no wonder we find difficulty finding…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
All Hell Broke Loose at the Shannon House
Remember over the last few months how I was totally consumed and thought I’d never get out or get ahead? I talked about how, in one sitting, I did a mental dump of all the things that needed to be put on my ‘to-do’ list and came up with 62 items off the top of…
Relocation Made Easier: Moving Day Tips
Last week MilitaryFamily.com published the first article in the series that I wrote about making PCS moves easier for military families. This week was part two with real-life moving day tips to save time, energy and your sanity on moving day. You can read the article here. Please take a minute to read this series…
MilitaryFamily.com article: Appreciate the Military Spouse
Yesterday was Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Here is an excerpt from my article about this important day on MilitaryFamily.com. You can read the entire article here. Our service members are as strong as the support they receive. Military spouses are often referred to as the ‘backbone of the military.’ Across America and around the world,…
MilitaryFamily.com Announces Their Newest Contributor: Torrey Shannon
On May 3rd, MilitaryFamily.com made an announcement about their newest contributor. Guess who it is? {insert Jeopardy music here} Give up yet? Here’s a clue…. [if the title of this post wasn't a dead giveaway already] I am really excited and honored to be working with such a great resource for military families! You can…
One Year Ago: The Death of a Tyrant
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama Bin Laden. While the military community and many Americans were celebrating his death, some were annoyed that the news break interrupted their favorite TV shows, like CSI and The Apprentice. I posted this on Facebook: “OBL is dead and I am happy, some…
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