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This summer my family is going on a huge road trip. The theme of our road trip is friends, family and museums. This blog is about the museums we visited on our road trip. The museum I'm going to tell you about is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has been my favorite museum so far. While visiting some friends in New York we decided to stop by the Met.

Last week, bloggers from all over the country and beyond gathered in New York for the annual BlogHer convention.  So, of course, Blue Star Families was there! This was my third BlogHer.  I attended in 2007 and 2008 but I skipped the conference last year to get in a quick romantic vacation with my husband without the kids!  (Who can turn that down?)

by Kerry-Ann Ellington, Ask the Milies

Dear Milies, 

Hi, my husband is deploying in several weeks, and I have 2 projects I have finished so far to send with him. One is a What I Love About You book I filled out, and another is a bag full of little notes (one for each day he's there). I was wondering if you ladies had anymore ideas for things I could do to let him know I love him and distance will never change that. We have a great relationship, but this is our first deployment and I'm just looking for little ideas to send with him.

by Colleen Reed, MSCCN Volunteer

As overwhelming as it sounds, continuing your education while being a military spouse, mother, and/or a full-time employee is quite common. Don’t let the added responsibility scare you. I have been both the enrollment advisor for a university and the student wanting to continue my education online.

by Jacqueline Goodrich, Ask the Milies

Adrienne has met the love of her life and he happens to be a soldier stationed in Korea. Here are her questions:

He and I are going to get married as soon as he has leave. After we get married we are going to put in all the important information in for me to move to Korea with him.

I am super anxious and I guess my question(s) have to be....

BSF is proud to announce that Steve Hilton,VP of Government Relations for the McDonald's Corporation has joined the Blue Star Families board of directors.

As Vice President of Government Relations for McDonald’s Corporation, Steve leads the corporate government relations team which manages McDonald’s state, federal and international government activities. He is responsible for building and protecting the brand through shaping public policy.

By Vanessa Lynch, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Public Affairs

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (Aug. 12, 2010) - The military and Hawaii are close to Loree Tillman's heart. While vacationing on Oahu 18 years ago, she met her future husband, Capt. Hank Tillman, who was stationed at Pearl Harbor with the Navy.

by Julie Pippert, Blue Star Museums Program Manager

by Sophia Marshall, MHR
MSCCN Volunteer 

At one point or another, most of us have relied on scientific theories to reassure ourselves that we’re normal. Specifically, stage theories break down events into categories and describe appropriate behaviors for each. These theories exist for most life-changing events: marriage, pregnancy, child development, even grief.