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The term “looking up to someone” is one we have heard since we were kids. Well first off we were short so we literally had to look up, and secondly, that person had something so special about them we wanted to be just like them. I have this vision of myself that has been shaped by some of the amazing women I have met during my journey. My whole life I have wanted to be successful – to have the job, to have the clothes, to have the lifestyle. And I’ll be damned I had to work very hard to achieve that success. I am 24-years-old and there is SO much I still have to learn. Thankfully for me, I have quite a few women that I look up to who constantly inspire me to be just like them.

In an industry that celebrates youth, I want to celebrate successful women with one of the most important qualities in a person – life experience. I have always been a goal chaser and have high hopes for myself to achieve success. These women are role models to me for many reasons. They are true to themselves and through that they have achieved success that meets many definitions.  

Why do people always think I’m crazy when I say that my favorite color is rainbow? I know rainbow is not actually a color, but it’s still all of the colors combined, and I obviously can’t pick just one! It’s like someone thinking I’m crazy for saying that my favorite animal is a unicorn. I think you can all see where I’m going with this.. Yeah I’m pretty crazy, hah!

Let me start off this post with a summary of how I feel: deployments suck. For those of you who don’t know by now, I am a military spouse and my husband is currently serving a tour in Iraq. We are three months into the deployment (wooohoo!!) and we have six months left. Although I have …