Many of us have experienced that moment; you're casually chatting with another military spouse, and she uses some crazy acronym you have never heard...
I love the holiday season. Enormous inflatables taking over everyone's lawn fills me with tacky glee. I love the delicious food I can't stop...
Five weeks.
My husband was home for a measly five weeks when he got orders for his next deployment. That marked four deployments within...
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of research studies, commentaries, and articles published on the effects of military life upon children: the advantages and...
Being a military kid is hard! You might not have a lot of choice in where you live or what you do. There are...
You've been dreaming about his or her homecoming for so long, but now that it's almost here, what should you do during the final...
Every so often in life, you get to a duty station and you find a tribe that makes your time there so, so easy....
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...
Surviving deployments and even extended TDYs can take a lot out of everyone.
The emotional roller coaster leading up to the goodbye; manning the day...
Let me start off by saying, any spouse who supports his or her service member in any branch of service - I salute you...
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...
We all have certain memories and moments that we will never forget. I remember where I was on 9/11. I remember my wedding day...
Military Lifestyle
When PCS Life Disconnects You from Yourself
There’s this feeling I always get right after, sometimes even during, a PCS where it feels like life disconnects me from myself. Like I’m...
