Pimp Your Stuff

SpouseBUZZ receives a large amount of email from readers, business owners, aspiring business owners, authors and non-profit groups asking us to write about -- or link to -- their particular project, product or service. The overwhelming majority of these emails are legitimate and are deserving of a link. Unfortunately, we cannot blog or link everything, or feature everyone on SBTR. Otherwise, we would spend most of our time promoting outside interests and little time doing what we do here, discussing life from the perspective of military spouses and being a virtual hub for spousal support.

In order to solve this problem, we've decided to start a new series here called, "Pimp Your Stuff."

We will collect these emails, and once per month we'll put links to the product/service/project that you want to showcase, all in one big "Pimp Your Stuff" post. This way, our readers can sort through the links and see if they find something of interest, and we don't have to turn away legitimate and reasonable requests.

We've already collected several emails from December and January. They will be included in the first post, which will be posted at the end of the month. So here's your chance. If you want to promote something (and it's pertinent to military families and doesn't appear to be a scam or a shady proposal) send an email with "Pimp Your Stuff" in the subject line. We probably won't have the time to respond to every email, but know that we will collect them and post links for the the ones we feel are appropriate to showcase. We will include email that we receive without "Pimp Your Stuff" in the subject line to the post if we feel it's a good fit for the category.

Note: Those of you who sent email in December/January, no need to resend. We have them, they are filed and will be included in the January 31 post.

Pimp on...

Comments

[Molinda Hern]

When my husband went overseas to serve his country, I had things said to me that I expected and some I didn’t expect. I know this has happened to some of you. I would like to hear your stories. Let me know some of the encouraging things that were said, as well as the “I can’t believe they said that!” kind of statements. Here is one example:
My husband has been in the military, through active duty and National Guard, for almost 25 years. Since 9-11 he, along with most that serve for our freedoms, wanted to do something for the cause in which he believed. A volunteer opportunity came up that would take my husband to a hotspot overseas for six months. Being a military spouse for 17 years, I knew that this was something he wanted and was prepared for doing. I was, as well as our children, very supportive of this opportunity. His parents, however, were not supportive at all. I received a frustrating phone call from my father-in-law. He wanted to know, from me, why his son was doing such a horrible thing like volunteer to go to a hotspot when he didn’t have to. I told him this was important to my husband and that he always wanted to do something. This is when he said, “Do something? If he wants to do something he could go fishing or play golf. He doesn’t need to go half way across the world to do something!” I then told him, “I am proud of my husband. I, for one, am glad there are people out there like him who feel it their duty to protect our freedoms.” Needless to say, I did not hear from him the entire time my husband was gone. This was a time when I needed family around me, but he chose to pull away and not be supportive, even to his grandkids. His inability to handle the situation caused him to draw away from it all together. I wish he would have shown support for us while my husband was away, even if he had just called or come by once in a while to check in on us.

I am writing a book right now. My current project is a book trying to help people overcome their pain caused by stupid things that were said to them. Have you experienced a period in your life when you were struggling, or passing through a trying time, and people seemed to come out of the woodwork to give their opinion about what you should do or feel? Perhaps they were trying to comfort you but their words actually caused pain, guilt, confusion, or, were inappropriate in another way. You may even have heard comments or advice that, given a little time and distance, was humorous. Have you, like us, also BEEN one of the people making those "wish we could take it back" remarks? Or have you ever had anyone’s words encourage you when you were going through a rough time. Please respond on my myspace at www.myspace.com/stupidthingspeoplesay or email me directly at reach2moms@gmail.com. I will not share your information with anyone. It can be completely confidential. Thank you in advance for your help!

[Ernest R. Harris]

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