by Julie Tully / May 30 2023 / Articles Community Mental Personal Growth Purpose
Let’s face it, modern military life is not easy. Especially for military spouses, faced with the unspoken belief that we should be grateful for our lifestyle and dutifully play the role of unpaid support staff. When it feels like life is just one thing after another,...
by Julie Tully / Jan 11 2022 / Uncategorized
I pushed my chair away from the desk and stood. Step by slow step, I walked out of the office and into our living room where my son sat doing his homework. “They want to publish my book.” It came out quietly, just above a whisper. I was dumbstruck—half in awe and half...
by Julie Tully / Jul 14 2020 / Blog
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a picture with a thousand words opens up worlds. ~Julie Tully In the age of social media, the ability to instantly share thoughts and photos with family and friends near and far is glorious. Sometimes we forget that not...
by Julie Tully / Jun 24 2020 / Blog
I write this sitting at my desk in our on-base apartment, watching the annual migration of the military begin outside my window. Workers from the local moving companies lug armloads of packing materials up the stairwells and then, hours later, lug those same...
by Julie Tully / Mar 19 2020 / Blog
The important thing is that when you are faced with a challenge you find a way to embrace it, to thrive as a family, and not let it get the best of you. There are some jobs and duty stations that you just know are going to test your limits—either people have cautioned...