May Is Military Appreciation Month: Kids Serve, Too!
May Is Military Appreciation Month: Kids Serve Too! If you’ve noticed the weather lately, April’s showers have continued into May. The good news is that with showers come flowers. One particular flower, the dandelion, symbolizes a military child’s experience. While most see the dandelion as a weed, it is actually a flower with incredible resilience, Read More…
Last night, while driving through my son’s high school parking lot a fellow parent captured a photo of two teen boys. The parent posted the photo to Facebook and at first glance you may think they were just taking a break from their bike ride. However, if you knew the song which was playing as Read More…
Strength and Resilience: At Home And Abroad
Across the nation each March, we celebrate Women’s History Month. It is a time set aside to recognize the historical contributions made by women and especially in the Department of Veterans Affairs, to highlight women in military service. Women have served in the military as far back as the Revolutionary War and now serve today Read More…
Health and Wellness: Linking Black History and Heart Health Month February is designated as Black History Month as well as Heart Health Month. As I reflect on the significance of each of these markers, I have been contemplating a potential link. Since 1976, every U.S. President has designated February as Black History Month as a Read More…
Perseverance, Resilience, and Strength: What we can learn from caregivers during a health pandemic. The Nation and our great State of Maryland have faced innumerable challenges this year. Some among us are enduring sporadic unemployment or job loss, students are struggling to learn in a virtual environment, and to a large degree almost everyone has Read More…
Help is one call, text, or chat away
While Suicide Prevention Awareness Month draws to a close, the operational tempo for prevention continues at rapid pace. In 2020, Maryland kicked off the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/US Department of Veterans Affairs Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Service Member, Veteran and Family (SMVF) Suicide. The goal of the Governor’s Challenge is to Read More…
Saluting the Women who Serve June 16, 2020 This past Saturday, June 13, 2020, The United States Military Academy at West Point graduated 230 women as Commissioned Officers. As I sat watching the graduation, held with social distancing and crisp white chairs posted six feet apart, I was honored to see so many women among Read More…
Distance Learning and Memorial Day
May 19, 2020 Distance Learning and Memorial Day: What our children should know In recent weeks I have been practicing self-care by walking through my community. I have seen more and more yard signs honoring graduates. Signs celebrating high school seniors, middle school students promoting to 9th grade, and even elementary age students leaving 5th Read More…
Self-Care: making the most of things
May 11, 2020 Thoughts on Victory in Europe Day Self-Care Practices In remembrance of the Victory in Europe Day, commonly referred to as VE Day, the Smithsonian Channel ran ”Apocalypse” this past weekend. The series highlighted World War II and the epic impact the war played on nations across the globe. As I watched the Read More…
Flanders Fields and the MDVA Virtual Remembrance Wall
May 5, 2020 Flanders Fields, an Infamous World War I Poem MDVA Virtual Remembrance Wall As April showers bring May flowers, I remind myself of the infamous poem written during World War I by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae, “Flanders Fields”. For most in the veteran community, the poem is a known one. However for Read More…
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