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Phyllis Zimbler Miller's Blog – August 2008 Archive (7)

This Is Phyllis Zimbler Miller Signing Off

I started blogging in March with two blogs and added a third blog in June. During those months I posted my blog here because I wanted to share my information with other online people.

And then the Web 2.0 bug bit me: I’ve just started an online company – Miller Mosaic, LLC – to provide online information to make people’s lives easier. The first website is now live at www.estateplanningforyou.com.

Suddenly I’ve been… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on August 26, 2008 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Your Husband was in a Helicopter Crash in the Bering Sea

The “Tell-Your-Own-Story” military spouse contest sponsored by www.YourMilitary.com in connection with Lifetime TV’s Season 2 of ARMY WIVES has announced the contest winners. Their names and the winning essays can be read at www.YourMilitaryBlog.com.

Some contest essays are especially compelling. And for that reason I want to share some of these essays with my blog readers. The essays that I’ll… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on August 7, 2008 at 12:49pm — No Comments

YourMilitary.com Announces Military Spouse Contest Winners

YourMilitary.com has announced the winners of the “Tell-Your-Own-Story” military spouse contest in connection with Lifetime Television’s series ARMY WIVES. The winners’ names and the winning essays are featured on www.YourMilitaryBlog.com and www.YourMilitarySpace.com.

Story submissions of not more than 500… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on August 5, 2008 at 3:08pm — No Comments

Memories From the Daughter of a Vietnam War Veteran

I asked Anna Horner, who blogs at www.diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com, to write a guest post after she talked about her father in the review she did of MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL on her blog (http://tinyurl.com/6z9cn6). I particularly appreciated her description of visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because Sharon Gold visits this memorial… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on August 5, 2008 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Do Our Troops Need Cosmetics? A Unique Way to Show Our Gratitude

I asked Nancy Sutherland, sales director of Mary Kay, to write a guest post describing an important project that she is promoting. (She has her own blog at http://nancymkqueen.wordpress.com.)

Imagine it's hot, sandy with a nice breeze but you're not at the beach AND you are wearing up to 100 pounds of gear! You're an American soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan! Today is pretty much like…

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Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on August 4, 2008 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Expiation for Killing: Young Soldiers Are Taught How to Kill But Not Taught That Killing in Combat Is Okay CONTINUED

In my July 27th post (http://tinyurl.com/55zq2z), National Guardsman Big Tobacco (www.big-tobacco.blogspot.com) currently deployed in Iraq provided his response to my July 20th post about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military personnel (http://tinyurl.com/6eu789). In that same July 27th post I put forth an insight from my husband Mitch about biblical… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on August 1, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments