Meet Tiffany
Girl meets boy at a Basic Training Family Day. Boy starts conversation with girl. Girl writes letter to boy. Boy and girl get married two years later and live happily ever after.
The end.
Wait! I forgot to enter in the part that boy was still in the military and curveballs are a staple of everyday life. Twelve years, five homes, 10 deployments, two kids, and a dog later, we may not be Cinderella’s version of happily ever after but we sure do love the journey we’re on.
To fill in a few details in between, let me introduce myself.
My name is Tiffany, and I was born and raised a midwestern girl in the heartland of southern Ohio. Sure, I had some extended family that served in the military, but otherwise, I was completely oblivious to this life when I married my husband, and less than 18 hours after I said “I do” was whisked away to sunny Savannah, Georgia, and completely indoctrinated into the Special Operations community.
I learned quickly that to thrive in this military spouse life, it was sink or swim, and I had every intention of swimming. Not just swimming, but swimming in marathon-style glory. Any of you spouses who’ve been married for a minute know this life can be the most beautiful, exhausting marathon filled with lots of ups and downs and so much in between.
I graduated from Miami University in 2002 with a degree in Public Relations with a strong leaning toward event planning and promotions. I almost had a minor in Spanish but got a wicked case of “senior-itis” my final year and bailed. After graduating, I worked at a senior center in Ohio, but not long after that, I met my (eventual) husband at his Basic Training Family Day when I traveled down to watch my cousin graduate from the same company of incoming privates.
Through a series of events I can only explain as God-driven, we married in 2005. After Savannah, we moved to Fort Benning for a couple years, then experienced the blistering cold and breath-taking beauty of Fort Drum in upstate New York. We currently live in the mountains of North Georgia and in a few short months will experience our first OCONUS to Italy.
Like I said, Ben and I have two children, Connor and Alaina, and a four-legged 11-year-old fur baby, Dakota. Our kids are involved in extracurricular activities, so it keeps us on our toes and mighty busy.
I love reading anything I can get my hands on, particularly historical fiction. I run Disney marathons solely for the costume during the race and the bling after. I get loud with Sunday football when my Bengals are playing and have a tendency to be ultra-competitive.
I love to color-code everything and live by lists. I have a passion for teaching and think God has placed a new calling in my path as I now work at the local school district.
I believe that being invited on as an experience contributor with Army Wife Network is also a blessing and am so excited to share some of my good, bad, and ugly with you.
