Houston, In My Own Words, Lifestyle, On the Town

Tuesday Date Day #2

Tuesday Date Day #2 The first Tuesday of every month, we plan a day full of surprises because we like each other and it gets us off the couch and seeing things in Houston.

In My Own Words, Lifestyle

TANK XING

I took this picture as a joke, but the more I thought about it the analogy seems appropriate. My body is a tank. I've been through so much, and yet I'm still here.

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I Am A Servivor

I hate the word survivor. It feels like a lie. My past of sexual violence and domestic abuse have not been a secret here, at ...on the B.L., but it's not been something I have highlighted either. No more. I use my past to serve, to create change. I am a servivor.

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End of An Era

It's an end of an era. With DD 214 in hand, Alex is leaving the Marines to go home for good today. It may not officially be a military love-story, but there's love and it's a story. The Sergeant is done.

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Homecoming

Six years. Three deployments. One homecoming. A week ago, Alex came home from his last deployment.

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Swimsuit Season… Uncomfortable

Swimsuit season is upon us. Although, I live in Southern Texas, so it's upon me ten and a half months of the year. I would love to tell you I'm confident in a bikini... I'd be lying.