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Diana Hartman is a (ret.) USMC spouse, mother of three in college and a Wichita, Kansas native. She is a contributing writer to Holiday Writes and can be found on Twitter.
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But the myth that military children lose out on "real" childhoods is just that: a myth.
"When someone asks me, I think to myself, 'I'm about to find out if you've lived in the same town your whole life.'"
Per the familial custom, no one lies; nor does anyone allow the truth to get in the way of a good story.
The successful over 40 love to tout the successes they garnered during a system that is no longer in place.
Saying marriage needs this kind of overhaul is like saying we need to widen the roads because texting drivers are plowing into adjacent properties.
The fashion world pranked every woman's psyche with a painful wedgie, but now there's something that makes that wedgie nuclear.
While all sides agree there is a gap, they don't agree where it is or how to fill it.
Yes, you can assume the distressed person is going to do something that won't be pretty.
Using any approximation of discriminatory behavior doesn't magically become more professional or less wasteful when applied to white men.
The Phelps family's speech and religious exercise is constitutionally protected. So is yours, Sarah Palin.
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