I recently read a newspaper article about an organization that supplies military brides with a free wedding dress. This organization is called Brides Across America and was started by Heidi Janson. She has worked in the bridal industry for over 25 years. She realized that sometime brides do not have the chance to have their [...]
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Brides Across America
Posted by juliannah on August 6th, 2010
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Tags: Brides Across America, dress, fiancees, military families, wedding gowns 
1 Comment »What Would You Do?
Posted by juliannah on June 22nd, 2010
I recently read an article about a fallen Marine, Lcpl Justin Wilson. His family had flown to Dover Air Force Base to receive his remains and then were to bring him home on another flight. The family was at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport waiting to board a plane containing the casket of Lcpl Wilson, [...]
Posted in military Tags: airlines, Dover Air Force Base, fallen troops, marines, military families No Comments »Saving Abel Preforming For the USO From the Persian Gulf
Posted by juliannah on March 3rd, 2010
I was recently contacted about spreading the word about the band Saving Abel. They recently did a tour in the Persian Gulf with the USO to entertain the troops. As I have said many times, I love to hear about celebrities and musicians that take the time to go and visit with our military serving [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: concert, military, military families, Saving Abel, support our troops No Comments »Military Monday – Reenlistment
Posted by juliannah on January 11th, 2010
Today’s Military Monday is taking on a more personal note as it should because my son, Lcpl Honda reenlisted for another four years into the US Marine Corps!. He stood on the flight deck of the ship on which he is current deployed and to the oath and once again pledge to honor and defend [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cinderella, LCpl Honda, military, military families, military Monday, reenlistment, wedding 9 Comments »5 Ways to Support the Troops During the Holidays
Posted by juliannah on November 17th, 2009
While I was racking my brain trying to figure out what to send to LCpl Honda in his Christmas Care Package I started doing a little research on the internet. I found many great charities and companies that focus on making Christmas for our deployed service people a happy day. If you are wondering, what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: blog, care package, charity, christmas, holiday, military, military families, support 3 Comments »Military Family Month
Posted by juliannah on November 3rd, 2009
I missed Military Monday because sometimes life just gets in the way. Along with ‘Dancing with the Stars’. I just read where President Obama has proclaimed November Military Family Month. Funny I first heard about this on Twitter from a military supporter. Seems this should have been on the news. Maybe it was and I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: blog, LCpl Honda, military, military families, Military Family Month, military Monday No Comments »For All The Right Reasons
Posted by juliannah on October 29th, 2009
When I learned President Obama went to Dover Air Force Base last night to honor fifteen fallen troops and three DEA agents returning from Afghanistan I admit I was not quite sure what to think. He has been holding off on sending more troops to Afghanistan for many months now. I am not an expert but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Afghanistan, blog, Dover Air Force Base, fallen troops, military, military families, Obama, soldier No Comments »They Did Not Have Facebook
Posted by juliannah on October 22nd, 2009
This is my newest post on Parent’s Zone. I was just thinking the other day about how lucky we are as parents of deployed children to be able to communicate with them during deployment. Do not get me wrong. It is still very hard to sleep with the phone, check email countless times and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: blog, deployment, FaceBook, military, military families, Parent's Zone, patriot guard 1 Comment »Military Monday – I Messed Up
Posted by juliannah on October 12th, 2009
Since my Marine son is now deployed I agreed to be responsible for his finances. I have stressed about this since he left. Yesterday I had to schedule a car payment. Well wouldn’t you know I did not do it correctly. I realized my mistake right after I did it. I made phone calls but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: blog, deployment, marine mom, marines, military, military families 2 Comments »Posted by juliannah on October 9th, 2009
This was posted on AirmanMom’s site. I thought I would pass it on. I feel the same way.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Afghanistan, deployment, father, marines, military, military families, son, USMC, video No Comments »
