Parenting

Preparing To Deploy: Part I

Prior to being mobilized by the reserves, the Navy tries to give you at least six months notice.  I’m glad that they do, because I needed every day of those six months to prepare.  I needed to make sure that I had a person to take care of my daughter, move her to a new …

Parenting

Being a Deploying Parent

I am a single mom, a Naval Officer, and an attorney.  I had my daughter during my second year of law school.  With a baby on my hip, I pushed through the last year of school, passed the bar, and decided to run for Congress.  Then one day my phone rang and I was told …