My husband and I have just celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary and I’ve, naturally, been reflecting on my first decade as a military spouse....
Whether you (or I) like it, if your spouse (or you!) is in the military, separation is a big piece of this life. No...
This afternoon my husband left for the “undreth” time. This is a short stint, just two sleeps as we refer to it. After 17...
Deployment is hard. It's messy. It's unnerving and overwhelming. It's chaos and calamity wrapped up in the ever changing emotions of kids and parents...
Resiliency. I often hear that word when someone is describing a child who has grown up in a military family. According to the Merriam-Webster...
If you’re anything like me, self-care is something that often gets pushed into the ‘nice to do’ pile rather than ‘must do. This is...
Last Thanksgiving I felt that a boulder sat on my chest as we gathered with friends to share what we were thankful for. We...
Sometimes I wonder if it’s a blessing or a curse that my husband joined the military later in life. We had the early years...
In 2017, my husband and I, recently newlyweds, faced his third deployment together. When we walk through season of times apart, we establish goals...
We were on vacation when the official word came through - my husband would be deploying with the National Guard for one year. 12...
We've been doing this military thing for 16 years...enough time that I'm officially not a newbie in this role as a spouse; I'd even...
As a military spouse and sexologist, I get this question a lot: how do you keep the spark during deployment? How do you connect...
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
Over the Edge
I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
