Submitted by Erin Nonaka, Fort Bragg, NC
I went to a leadership retreat that our new PWOC president planned for those of us in ministry together for the new year.  It was an amazing time together.  We went to one of those “Challenge Course” camps that have a variety of physical team challenges that put you in situations for [...]

When the topic of Marriage Vows surface in conversation, you learn a lot about people and their belief systems. The standard Christian vows include, “Love, Honor and Obey.” Most people get heated over the third word, Obey. The Love part is easy or else you wouldn’t be standing there, right? But have you ever spent [...]

I took my kids to church camp in North Carolina. The two teens were getting ready for their service as junior counselors, so I dropped them off a day early. The younger boys and I had an afternoon, evening, and the next morning before dropping of the 10-year-old for his first camp experience. We were [...]

(( Sorry Mac Girls, this week is for PC users although with minor adjustments, these tips can be applied to an Apple computer. ))
What does your PC Desktop look like? Is it sleek and clean or is it crowded with wall-to-wall shortcut icons? I’ve found that there are a full variety of preferences when it [...]

Like so many others in the PWOC world, I am on the move again, this time from Korea back to the states. Everybody in the military knows that moving can bring on stress. Currently I am having trouble sleeping. I often go to sleep easily but awaken about 3 or 4 a.m. and can’t go [...]

Submitted by Erin Nonaka, Fort Bragg, NC
Do you struggle with keeping your rhythm the same when your man is away?  I sure do.  Just the fact that it is 12:08 am and I am not in bed is one of them.  I find that I try to fit too much into a day or don’t [...]

My husband and I married 10 months after we met. I was 28, he was 32. We had been single, and living alone, for a long time when we combined our households. He likes to say that I combined our households by getting rid of his but that’s not true. I kept…hm, what did I [...]

In twenty-one years of being married to a soldier, I have been blessed with many great experiences on military bases in the U.S., in Europe and in Asia.  One of those great experiences is that I have known some of the best people in the world and have called them friends. Another blessing, which is [...]

I get anywhere from 40-50 emails on an average day. If there’s a project underway, that number can easily double and lately, there have been a lot of projects! Add in that I am responsible for SEVEN inboxes and I could justifiably lose my mind. But, when it comes to my digi work, I am [...]