It’s Okay to Just Be Okay.

I wish someone had told me.

Photo by Joshua Golde on Unsplash

I grew up in a small military town in the middle of the Mojave desert where Marines dreaded getting stationed. Nowadays, it’s grown in popularity as a destination for LA hipsters to do mushrooms and rock climb, but it’s still a dusty little town. I didn’t come from a military family. I ended up in one, but wasn’t born into one. My dad is a building contractor, my mom is a…