Military Mom Collective

This is part two of a series on fun and affordable things to do in Hawaii.  This series also aims to highlight the need to find the positives in every assignment, even if it is not in paradise.  :) Check...

It started with a boo-boo. She face-planted off a Costco bottle of laundry detergent. Blood oozed from her lip and tears poured from her eyes as she buried her face in my neck. At 15-months old, it was my...

Before I got pregnant, I assumed I would continue working full time. A friend of mine said, "I'm a better mom when I work," and it made a lot of sense. I figured spending all day, every day with...

  Conversations with mom friends can be insightful and helpful. Actually, I’ve found my mom friends to be instrumental in my survival throughout this first year of raising my first child. Baby product recommendations, translating various cries, encouragement at crazy...

At some point in a military career, you are likely to live in military base housing or some type of off-base, privatized housing. Base housing isn't always basic, but it usually is a standard home with builder grade materials....

  I'm not a big holiday decorator, but I love children's holiday books. There's no shortage of Halloween books, but it can be tricky to find them for young children. For the little ones, you need Halloween books that are...

Making new friends as a mom can be an awkward experience. It feels a little like being in high school again, fraught with uncertainty and hesitation, which can certainly bring insecurities to the surface -- does she like me?...

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and, if you have a friend with a family member who has Down syndrome, your Facebook or Instagram may become flooded with informative posts about what exactly Down syndrome is.  However, you don’t often...

  So, there I was, driving through backwoods Oklahoma on my way home from singing at a veteran's dinner, my two babes snoozing soundly in the backseat. I knew there was a high risk of severe weather that evening. However,...

  "Thank you for your service!" The cashier at the commissary smiled cheerfully as she handed my ID back to me. I usually answer with a polite, "It's an honor!' because it is. Supporting my husband while he serves our country is...

I consider myself a well-seasoned military spouse. My salt and pepper roots are not just owed to genetics but also in part to having spent more than a decade married to a military man. From moving year after year...

As a military spouse, I’ve been conditioned to expect bumps in the road. Changes are inevitable, everything is taken with a grain of salt, and nothing is official until it’s in the rear view mirror. I’ve come to take...