A great online shop that you'll love!

I'm sure that we have all had that experience when you order something online and you:
a.) Don't ever receive said item.
b.) The item isn't worth what you paid
or
c.) You contact the maker of the product and you never hear from him/her.

I know that's happened to me on more than one occasion. It's very frustrating spending your money for a custom order and the person making it doesn't seem to care about any form of customer service.

If you want to have a great customer service experience, then you need to shop at Civvies and Skivvies's Online Store. You can make just about anything custom--not to mention, the owner and creator of the company is just a doll! I emailed her about making me a custom shirt (I won't say for what because Ryan is one of my readers!) and she got back to me in less than 12 hours later. Not only was her promptness highly impressive, but the owner also seemed genuinely interested in why I was purchasing this item. She encouraged me not to be worried if I couldn't order right away due to my crazy circumstances; that doesn't happen a lot when people own their own business.

The owner of this company seems to be caring, sweet, honest and have a very high moral and business standard. I will continue to shop at this site and I will recommend it to any MilSO or MoM that needs a custom shirt for any occasion!

Songs that get me through

Recently I have felt at a loss for words. When this happens, I will listen to music (or binge on TV shows. I just finished Pokemon and now I'm on to all the seasons of Survivor before my free week of HuluPlus is up!) So, today I thought I would show you all a few songs I have listened to multiple times: Love Song by 311 and Where'd You Go by Fort Minor.

Warning about Where'd You go if you haven't heard it before: It's very sad and it will make you cry if you're not prepared for it. There are some real people speaking about real life experiences and one of them is a military family. If you want to skip over that, the song begins at 1:04 and ends at 4:26.

Love Song, 311
(Above is the link to the video if the embedded video doesn't work on your phone)

Where'd You Go, Fort Minor

(Above is the link to the video if the embedded video doesn't work on your phone)

I'm sorry for such the short post today, but Japan has felt even further than normal. I just need to keep singing: "However far away...However long I stay...whatever words I say, I will always love you" 

Thank you all for reading and watching. Those of you that put up with my nonsensical writings day in and day out, your loyalties make me feel special.   

What is Pain?

Those that know me well know that I'm obsessed with several things. I won't bore you with everything, but for the sake of my post today I will be talking about one of my obsessions: The Princess Bride. As a child I would watch the movie over and over again. I could quote every line and hum all the music. For me "obsession" was an understatement. But there is one quote that always stuck out to me (and not just because my Dad would constantly quote it):

As someone dating or married to a Marine, there is a lot of pain. Every time you say "see ya later" gets harder. If I wasn't upfront with every girl that I talk to about that, I would be selling something, just like Westley states in his quote above. 

Just to explain The Princess Bride a little more for those who have never seen it: Westley and Buttercup fall madly in love. Because Westley is poor and has no money he decides to sail to America and build a life for them.  

All of that mini recap to say: There is a little bit of Buttercup in all of us who are dating a man in the Military. We wait, we cry, we wish he were there to pick us up when we are down. But because of his absence, we find our own inner strength and independence. All of us live our daily lives without the man of our dreams, but we become stronger through the whole process. 

Yes, life is pain, but...

Because of our pain, we become stronger. The fictional character, Buttercup can attest to that. But the non fictional character, Katie can also back up that statement. You may feel alone, but you aren't--you may feel like no one has felt pain like you have, but you're wrong. There are so many other women who have been through what you have and came out stronger because of it. 

"Pain makes you stronger. Tears make you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser. So thank the past for a better future."