On an icy Alaska road, I made my daughter a promise: I’d find her a horse. What we didn’t know was that choosing Bruce would ask more of us than we ever expected, and that loving him would mean choosing him again, and again, and again.
It was my heart I had to check when I began to know my husband in ways that had nothing to do with being a hero, running off and saving the world. I told myself so many things to validate 25 years of chaos. Who were we out here? How did we relate when all our marriage had ever known was war? A truth I hid behind the heroism began to peek out, I had only myself to look at when I didn’t know how to look at him.
Join VSP for an evening of gabs, laughs, and connection with your military spouse community. As we prepare for the holiday of Thanksgiving or just a season of reflection, this “special edition” of VSP Talks will focus in on the theme of being grateful in whatever way that topic speaks to you!
Ever wished you had a group of pals to just chat with on a regular basis, but military life got in the way? Join VSP Talks, and get ready to be a part of a close-knit community in our very own talking club!
This online gratitude journal VSP workshop will teach you the importance of finding joy through the active practice of gratitude with Barbe Tarantino and Lea Johnson.
VSP’s Lea Johnson vividly describes life as a paratrooper’s spouse for nearly two decades, only feeling her lungs and heart release once her husband’s boots safely touched the ground on his final PLF.
VSP’s Lea Johnson reflects on the “many iterations of ‘home'” she has experienced as a nomadic military spouse.
Veterans Spouse Project (VSP) is the only nonprofit arts organization in the nation working to give voice to the experiences of military spouses through theatre and creative arts. Learn more about how to share, connect, listen, and create with us in your community.