SimplistiKate

Trial, hardship, brokenness, death, and loneliness. Shea has been through everything. What I love about this gal is she is figuring it out as she goes. Keeping close friends and her older sister a phone call away, she knows it isn't good to be alone. With the tragedy of her mothers death, followed by her fathers death just a couple years later, this young woman knows heartbreak. A void fills her. Nothing can replace her mom or dad, no one can replace your family. Shea joined the National Guard right out of high school. When I asked Shea what made her want to join the Guard, she said "Honestly, it's because of cheerleading, competitive cheerleading actually. I was in the best shape of my life, I loved how we had to work together as a team, I loved stunting and knowing that you are being depended on to make a stunt work. After my senior year of High School I missed it, I craved that kind of teamwork, that kind of family. So the closest thing to it was the National Guard, so ...

This gal and I are two peas from a similar pod. We both enjoy decorating, organization, flowers, wine/beer/margaritas, children, Mary Kay, vintage inspired things, furniture, books, our husbands, cheerleading/dance/ballet, etc. But there are so many things about this woman that make her truly unique. Melissa Woodward always has a good book to recommend, profound knowledge about WWII, or any era for that matter, she's a mother and a step-mother, she has an obsession with the color teal, and she loves Colorado (her home state). Enjoy getting to know her more yourself, she's one heck of a lady... Why do you hold such a passion for WWII? After my great grandfather passed away this spring, I really felt a need to honor him in some way. This just fits. My great grandfather, Burdett Cain, was a Master Sargent in the Army Air Core during WWII. He worked on B24s and was stationed in Italy during the Allies occupation. He and I were very close, closer than the average great grandp...