Rebecca Alwine

Rebecca Alwine is a writer, reader and lover of travel. A military spouse for almost 20 years, she shares the stories of all military spouses, the good and the bad, in the hope of making sure everyone feels a connection. Rebecca depends on coffee, audiobooks and her new cordless vacuum to get through life with two teenagers and a very precocious preteen.

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