![]() You have to be a strong parent for your children and a strong leader for your troops, so figure out a way to decompress this way you’re not treating your children like Soldiers and your Soldiers like children.īonus Question: What’s your favorite camouflage pattern? I like the new OCP pattern the best, and I joined when we had the old BDU/Desert BDU’s! ![]() Single parenting is difficult, not impossible but difficult nonetheless. So building a good support system is key in serving as a single parent.Īny advice for other single parents who serve? Cut yourself some slack. I do not have family close by, 99% of them live in other states actually. Being able to lean on family and close friends makes a world of difference. My resilience has helped him build resilience already with bullying in school and to stand strong when things are hard.Īny advice for other children of single parents who are serving? Being a single parent is hard enough, so serving as a single parent adds all kinds of new worries to your life. Being in the ARNG may not mean that I get deployed as often as active duty, but he does experience the sudden change in scheduling because I have schools that come up last minute, late nights, additional duty training, and taking care of Soldiers whether in or out of uniform. My child will be better for growing up with a mom who serves because… He is able to see a parent who is resilient. Fortunately, he looks at it like a vacation.įinish this sentence. If I leave for an extended amount of time, Andrew goes to stay with family. Because we live so far from family, I depend a lot on the close friends I’ve made living in Colorado to help take care of Andrew when I’m in the field. When I deployed to Iraq I was not yet a mother so I am dreading my first deployment as a parent to be honest! Andrew’s school also has a military and family life counselor that visits with him during the week and talks to him to make sure he’s doing well in school. He feels more a part of what I’m doing if he can help me. How many children do you have? I have one son, Andrew, light of my life/mini-me!Īs a single parent who serves, what are some of the things you’ve done to help your child cope with the challenges – moves, deployments, etc – of military life? Some of the things I have done to help when I leave for training, is let my son help me pack. I have served in the Wyoming ARNG, the North Carolina ARNG, and now the Colorado ARNG. We can choose to transfer to another state or territory as long as there is a position available for our MOS/rank. ![]() How many times have you PCS’d? In the ARNG it is a little different than active duty military. The ARNG often gets activated for state emergencies or sent to other countries for training in June 2013 I was activated for the East Peak Fire in La Veta, CO and again in Sept 2013 for the Colorado Floods in Nov-Dec 2015 I had training in Germany. Have you ever deployed? If so, where and how many times? Yes. How long have you served? 15 years in January 2018 What branch do you serve in? Colorado Army National Guard
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