When people think of study abroad, they most commonly think of how difficult it is to be forced to transition into a foreign society and culture in the time it takes to snap your fingers. However, integrating back into one's home culture following months of time abroad is not a cakewalk either.
Years ago I found myself in a bad situation: I'd made bad career decisions, needed the right job, was running dangerously low on cash, and my confidence (or belief in myself) was near an all-time low. So I asked my mother if I could move into her house for a while.
We don't air our struggles and ask for pity regarding our troubles but the public should be exposed to the true, unglamorous sacrifices our service members and their families' make. Not the staged glory.
The show "Coming Home" (Wed., 11 p.m. ET on Lifetime) just loves to set children up to be surprised by the presence of their military parent, and it w...
Matt Rogers and the "Coming Home" (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on Lifetime) team staged a surprise family reunion in Watertown, New York Wednesday night. Unbe...
It was a very emotional reunion for one young family on "Coming Home" (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on Lifetime) Wednesday night. As Elizabeth Lyles attended a...
A soldier's homecoming is almost a sacred moment for his or her family. On "Coming Home" (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on Lifetime), cameras and viewers at home g...
On the Season 2 Premiere of "Coming Home" (Sun., 10 p.m. EST on Lifetime) viewers met SFC Michael Eaton, his wife Tonya and their four kids. In th...
Do we have the intestinal fortitude to live this marvelous nature out today, that part of us that lives beyond self-criticism, judgment, comparison and down-right making ourselves wrong for what we didn't achieve?
Mad Men is, sadly, off the air till the summer. But it is definitely on a roll. Earlier in January, it won as best dramatic series at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Producers Guild, among others.
Since my daughter joined the military community, she has opened my eyes to the military lifestyle, as foreign to me as another planet.
