Houston Area Military Families Celebrate Father’s Day at Astros Game

June 26, 2013

We kicked off our new Bringing Families Back Together program series with a reintegration event for Houston area military families. In partnership with the Houston Astros and Astros Foundation and other supporters, CCMK distributed 600 Astros tickets to military families, giving them the opportunity to spend Father’s Day together after months of deployment.

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Diary of a Military Kid: Putting Down Roots

June 26, 2013

I recently read this book, Maphead. The quick but ardently recommended read focuses on the study of geography and the human connection to place. Ken Jennings writes of his frequent moves growing up, his struggle with the “Where are you from?” question, and identifying a love of and connection to a place he hasn’t actually lived for most of his life. As a military child who dealt with all of the above, this concept of a connection to a place even when you aren’t actually there really resonated with me. Jennings quotes Simone Weil, “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and the least recognized need of the human soul.”

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