"See you laters" are an integral part of this military lifestyle that we've chosen. I made peace with that long ago, when I said...
Communicating the difficulties of military life to our civilian friends is something with which milspouses are intimately familiar. They often struggle to grasp the...
I crushed a baseball cap over my bed head as I grabbed keys. The early morning air nipped at my fingers as I carried...
I wrote in pen. I should never have written in that diary with pen.
"There is strong, there is Army strong. And then there is...
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...
We were on vacation when the official word came through - my husband would be deploying with the National Guard for one year. 12...
In 2017, my husband and I, recently newlyweds, faced his third deployment together. When we walk through season of times apart, we establish goals...
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...
I remember as a kid when a friend of mine was sad I would ask her “Are you OK?” and maybe offer her a...
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...
This afternoon my husband left for the “undreth” time. This is a short stint, just two sleeps as we refer to it. After 17...
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...
Military Lifestyle
Women Touched by Addiction: The Stories We Don’t Say Out Loud
We don’t talk about this; not out loud anyway. Not during playgroup, bible study, around the dinner table, and oftentimes not even to our...
