The holiday season is a great time for families to come together. Many of us plan to spend the holidays surrounded by family and friends. Our servicemen and servicewomen also deserve a much loved and needed touch of home this holiday.
Especially during Christmas, we want to remember that members of the U.S. Army willingly sacrifice…
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When people find out I have twins, I hear “Wow, you are a saint,” “God bless you,” or “I can’t even handle one!” Yes, twins are incredibly overwhelming, but for me, it is normal. I have never had just one child. I was thrust into having two immediately, without knowing any better. If I had…
Eighteen years ago, my parents trudged through heavy downpours during their two-week hiking trip to British Columbia. As often follows torrents of rain, two delicate bands of pastel hues adorned the gray sky as they came to the water’s edge in Vancouver’s Stanley Park one afternoon. My story begins with that double rainbow: two majestic…
College is an expensive investment for one student, therefore having two students attending at the same time is double the commitment. As identical twins, my sister and I experienced this challenge personally along with finding financial support to assist us along the way. I started these scholarships with hopes to lessen the financial burden for…
Story courtesy of Fort Sill Public Affairs
FORT SILL, Oklahoma (Nov. 15, 2021) – Pvts. Broughton and Brendan Beggs are the youngest of nine siblings in their family from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The fraternal twins decided to join the Army National Guard and ended up in 1st Battalion, 19th Field Artillery for Basic Combat Training (BCT).
However,…
I’ve lost count of the minutes I’ve spent in front of my laptop trying to convey my complete adoration of Amanda Gorman’s poem ‘The Hill We Climb’