Happy New Year everyone! Over the holidays, I ran across this article about the new changes that go into effect Jan. 16 for the Family and Medical Leave Act.
“The Family and Medical Leave Act, known as FMLA, was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. It permits many workers to take up to 12 weeks [...]
Author Archives: Sara Horn
Know your family leave rights
January 7, 2009 – 8:58 am
Lower insurance premiums for Reserve and Guard families
December 23, 2008 – 3:43 pm
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With all of the gloom and doom that’s in the news these days related to our economy, here’s one piece of good news we can look forward to for 2009: if you are a Reserve or Guard family receiving medical coverage through the TRICARE Reserve Select program, get ready to save some money!
Tricare [...]
Just how magical is it?
October 21, 2008 – 8:53 am
The October issue of MSM has an article I wrote about comparing commissary savings with the national grocery store chains. I wrote this in part because so many Reserve/Guard spouses are nowhere near a military installation to take part in this benefit. I’ve already heard from a few active wives on the boards who say that [...]
More “We” – Less “Me”
October 15, 2008 – 8:30 am
The subject of marriage has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Probably because over the last few months and especially the last several weeks, I’ve heard from more and more wives who are struggling with it. Husbands who are deployed who want a divorce. Husbands who are home who want to leave. Wives [...]
“Army Wives” Gives Back
September 4, 2008 – 8:03 am
If you’re a fan of the Lifetime hit, Army Wives, get ready to see real Army wives featured and honored by the stars during the show’s October and first part of November episodes.
Lifetime is putting together a series of short segments called “‘Army Wives’ Gives Back” (think Army Wives meets Oprah’s Big Give) where the [...]
I wish I’d stood up
August 7, 2008 – 12:40 pm
This weekend I got the chance to drive to the nearby National Guard base where the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Airlift Wing is stationed along with some Army National Guard units as well. There was an FRG meeting happening on Saturday morning and a wife whose husband is part of the 118th had suggested [...]
Facing Our Biggest Fears
July 1, 2008 – 3:20 pm
This morning I almost tripped over my husband’s enormous rucksack (confession: I had to google the word “rucksack” and look at a picture to make sure it was indeed that… yes, I’m a reservist wife. ) It was sitting right in front of our closet where he’d left it last night when he [...]
Reservist for Hire
June 17, 2008 – 1:40 pm
My husband is a Seabee in the Navy Reserves. He’s a builder; puts up drywall, uses a hammer, particularly enjoys the nail gun and driving big machinery when he gets a chance, like he did in Iraq. But in the civilian world, he’s a marketing director. And he won’t be in another couple of weeks.
His [...]
Deployment Resolutions
June 13, 2008 – 10:06 am
Summer is upon us and with shorts season now in full swing (at least here in the 90-degree Nashville weather we’re having), I have made a horrible discovery.
My thighs are talking to each other.
No, they’re not saying “hey good lookin’!” or “Wow, you’re so toned!”
It’s more like “Excuse me.”
“Pardon me.”
“Ooops, sorry about that!”
What has happened [...]
Hello from Music City!
June 5, 2008 – 12:47 pm
I’m not very good at introductions. In fact, I usually get super nervous. You know when you’re in a circle of people and the host or leader of the group asks everyone to go around and share their name and a couple of “interesting” facts about themselves? Well, I’m so busy sweating it out trying [...]
