Week #1 Semi-Finalist: Proud Army Wife, Angela Streit

Where to start of about us, I’m Angela and my husband is currently in the U.S. Army. We are stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky. On April 25th 2011 my husband left our daughters Nevaeh who was 4 at the time and Shaylin 1 and myself for a deployment that changed us as a family. When he came home for his mid tour leave we became blessed with becoming pregnant with our 3rd child a boy. He missed birthdays of both of our girls, moving into a bigger house on post, all of the doctors appointments while I was carrying our son. While he was gone we made sure to take tons of photos, video chatted, and sending him care packages to make a place that was hard on him being at and away from the people that cared the most about him a little bit easier. All in the mist of it all the due date for our son was to be before his homecoming. I was considered high risk in my pregnancy with all the complications so he was trying to make sure he got home to me in time for his birth. Thankfully he has an amazing chain of command that helped him get home less than 2 weeks before he was born. Through out a crazy up and down roller-coaster year of loss of friends that was with him, being separated, somehow built our growing family closer in so many ways. I’m truly blessed to be an Army Wife to an amazing man and have such a support system from all over. Thank you for letting me share our family’s story.
Thanks again,
Angela Streit

Happy Memorial Day~

Thank you for sharing your story, Angela! Many thanks to your husband, and the thousands of soldiers like him!

If you are a proud military wife then send us your story! Entries are welcome all summer long and I'll be posting a semi-finalist and her story every week until Labor Day. So spread the word to any military families you know.

Remember, a portion of my annual book proceeds to ASMBA-STAR every year. You can support our veterans by donating directly to ASMBA-STAR or purchase your copy of Unleashed.

How to enter: Send you story and picture of your spouse in uniform to sarataneyhumphreys@hotmail.com

*Please put 3rd Annual U.S. Military Wives Contest in the subject line!

3rd Annual U.S. Military Wives Contest--Now Open for Entries!

For the past couple of years, as a special thank you to our service members and their families, I have held a very special contest for Military Wives. It turned out to be an incredibly rewarding experience. I had the privilege of meeting several incredible women and their beautiful families. It's so easy to forget that there are real people who are deeply affected by the conflicts overseas. Hearing the personal stories of these families helped me remember that our troops are husbands, fathers, brothers and sons who are immensely loved and sorely missed.

Once again ASMBA-STAR, an outstanding organization for Vets and their families, has agreed to continue their partnership with me.

This contest will run from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Once again, a portion of my annual book sales will be donated to ASMBA-STAR.


Who is eligible? Wives of any U.S. military service member may enter. Retired or active-duty.


How do you enter? Send an email to sarataneyhumphreys@hotmail.com with a picture of you and your family member in uniform. Tell us a bit about what branch he serves in, where you've been stationed, challenges and so forth. We want to hear your story!


Please put "3rd Annual Military Families Contest" in the subject line.

Once a week, beginning Memorial Day weekend, I will pick one entrant to be highlighted on my blog. These weekly entrants are semi-finalists. Labor Day weekend I will select three winners.


Second Prize: A $25 Amazon Gift Card, a signed copy of Unleashed and a Team Amoveo T-Shirt.


First Prize: A $50 Amazon Gift Card, a signed copy of Unleashed and a Team Amoveo T-Shirt.

Grand Prize: A book signing event at their local Bookstore and the winner will be the special guest of honor. 3 Free Signed copies of Unleashed. (1 for them and 2 of their friends) A $100 Amazon Gift card and a Team Amoveo T-Shirt.

I hope you'll help me spread the word about this contest. I look forward to meeting more incredible families! You can support our veterans and their families by purchasing a copy of Unleashed or donate directly to ASMBA-STAR .

Please spread the word to any military families you know.

All the Best,

Sara Humphreys

Book Cover for "Unleashed"

It's here!!! This is the book cover for Unleashed and I love it! I know that the book doesn't come out for a few months, but I just had to share it. The Sourcebooks design team did an outstanding job. I absolutely adore the guy they put on here. Yummy. He is Malcolm. Whoa. You can pre-order your copy on Amazon today!