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....
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...
There are three little words that I’ve finally started to pay more attention to in my 40s. The truth is I’ve said them many...
You’ve heard of Murphy’s Law, right – anything that can go wrong, will?
Well, we here at Military Mom’s Blog recognize another fundamental law of...
The funny thing about a bruise: Sometimes you can't see a bruise, but you can feel it. Other times it's big and ugly and...
All it takes is one preggo brain, three littles scurrying around at your feet, and a deployed spouse (or any one of those things)...
Tim had a deployment when Jacob, our oldest, had just turned two. It was hard to know how to talk about it with him then—he...
Do you want to be a party snack hero this holiday season while putting in minimal effort?!?! If yes, then I have a secret...
“Kick the leaves, kick the leaves, kick the leaves!” I sing in a made-up cadence as I hold my 1-year-old’s hand and watch his...
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...
There are things in life to look forward to with eager anticipation; a deployment is not one of them.
For us, the dreaded deployment is underway and...
I remember as a kid when a friend of mine was sad I would ask her “Are you OK?” and maybe offer her a...
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I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
