When she married her soldier, Ann Medlin traded in a life surrounded by her big, loving, chaotic family and life-long friends for the nomadic life of a military family. She learned to redefine herself professionally with each PCS move, leveraging not just her academic background -- liberal arts, education and early childhood development -- but drawing from her passion for sports and her many years of volunteer experience. Ann has made it her mission to share what she knows and to offer her support to other military families, especially new military wives and mothers of newly-minted service members.
A civilian friend recently asked me if I think schools do enough to help military families. I think she was surprised at my answer, which fell out of my mouth before I could give it a second thought. “No,” I told her, “I don’t think schools do enough.”Continue Reading
You know one of the things I love about military life? I love the well-rounded education my child has received. I know some folks see the moving around from school to school as a negative, but I don’t. I used to see it that way, back when I was onContinue Reading
You leave behind your family, friends and sense of stability for a world of new rules and an ever-changing schedule and uncertainty. But if you learn the art of balance, you will not only survive, you will thrive. The key is to adjust for the things you can’t control. ForContinue Reading
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and give Newlywed Annie some tips about being a soldier’s wife. Had I only known then what I know now… First, I would tell her to look up the word, “adversity” in the dictionary and embrace the definition. Adversity is theContinue Reading
