Memorial Day is not our day. Please do not thank us. Veterans are paying respect to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. It is a day we reflect on those we have worked with, deployed with, and those that became our family. It is a hard day for many of…

I had all intentions of a completely different topic for this week’s blog until I sat with my daughter last night. She was pretty quiet all weekend. I chalked it up to the end-of-the-school-year chaos and that she just needed a little downtime. When we sat down to watch a…

…And The Things They Won’t Tell You In honor of Mother’s Day in the US this past weekend, I wanted to take a moment and highlight military Moms. Mothers come in all forms…biological Moms, nonbiological Moms, Moms that have adopted children, people that have adopted Moms, Moms of zero, two…

(That won’t make you feel cringy.) I wrote the original blog article almost 2 years ago. Since then, I’ve picked up a few more tips; and knowing how uncomfortable self-marketing is, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to update and re-share this article. One day, the uniform has to come off. …

I love how life never seems to come at me linearly. In the last few weeks, a lot of amazing things have been happening. Planning for fundraising events is coming together, connections to help a nonprofit get on its feet have been made; an initiative a group of us started…

I was at an event the other day, where we had a panel of nonprofit leaders discussing the good, bad, and ugly of the nonprofit world. I was multi-tasking, trying to put out a miniature fire. (Ironically for a fundraising event I am heading for another nonprofit.) In my half-listening…

But only in glimpses Ever meet someone that had a profound impact on you and then before you could tell them or before you realized their impact, poof, they were out of your life? This was a topic that became the focus of one of our upcoming podcast episodes. Since…

The results will surprise you. It is funny how life works out. We watched the 1990’s iconic movie Rudy this past weekend, which also happened to be Easter weekend. I smiled, as I realized the theme for both fell right in line with my blog for this week. I am…

Eighteen months ago, I decided to start a blog…this blog…Taking Off The Armor. I promised myself I would write an article a week. And I kept that promise. Today’s article makes this my 100th article. Pat on the back to me for staying consistent for 100 weeks. Pat on the…