Colonel Candid

  Motherhood in National Security and Defense by Candice E. Frost How to maintain your sanity as a professional, spouse, and mother during a highly tumultuous period in the nation's history. Perspectives given on motherhood during children's infancy, preschool, elementary school, middle school and high school. Wonderful women in national security and defense, welcome to mothering in chaos…feels like episode 5,000 Motherhood is a high cost/ high reward activity I received, “What to Expect when you’re expecting” by three people. I then asked, where’s the next edition, “When to Expect for the rest of their lives”? First thing you can check out is Love Rutledge’s “FedUpward” podcast, especially episode 40, and her facebook page FedUpward parents I also appreciated her appro contextualize this time frame as “Wakadoodle” when it comes to finding childcare. During the months of March and April mother’s work hours fell 4-5 times as much as fathers. Women scaled back 5% o...

A Letter to my Former Good Bosses, Recently, I ran into one of you and shared in some stories over drinks I expressed thanks but there’s never enough gratitude to express all that you’ve done for me in just a quick conversation. So for all of you out there who’ve helped me along with this journey please share in my gratefulness of support.  Thank you for providing me with just enough of a challenge to ensure that I learned from your pointed criticism on areas to improve in my written and briefing products. Thank you for accepting me back with grace and calmness when I failed Jumpmaster school and even still, pushing me to take that assignment as the only female in an infantry brigade. Thank you for having my back when I heard the slurs of cunt and bitch thrown around. I was there when you shut them up and I’ll never forget how great that felt to have your support. Thank you for expressing how I beat you in a 10 km race and the humility you took t...