"You signed up for this." The phrase I wish we'd stop using when Defence families admit they're struggling Those four words are often said as though knowing something is coming should somehow make the hard parts easier. I remember hearing them during a time when I was really struggling. And honestly, they didn't make me feel stronger. They made me feel worse about myself and about my ability to find the strength I needed for myself and my children. After that, I didn't feel

With You, I Am Always, is my debut children’s book about love and connection through distance, written for my family and all military families in mind. This book has been a work in progress for the last three years. Not just on paper, but in my heart. It was written slowly through lived experience, scattered thoughts, quiet moments, and the emotional journey of learning what it meant to become both a military wife and a new mum again after seven years. I met my now husband du