We’ve all been there. That dreaded phone call.
“Orders came in. Are you sitting down?”
“Yes…” A prickly anticipation fills the air, like your foot falling asleep. You teeter between giddy excitement and a foreboding sense of dread, all wrapped up...
It's only March, but Permanent Change of Station (PCS) season will be here before we know it. This is the span from May 15-August 31 where the military experiences a surge of moves for members and families. According to...
I have been a runner for the past 16 years. By no means am I a professional or elite runner, but I have run over a hundred races spanning in distance from one mile to 50 miles. In the...
Since my first pregnancy seven years ago, I have come to relax … a lot.
But first a disclaimer: The information included in this article is not directly supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (acog.org). Please consult...
The MilMB Real Estate Guide is a resource we have carefully curated with the distinct needs of military families in mind.
Military families tend to be experts at moving, but that doesn't make a permanent change of station any less...
Dear Military Spouse,
I wasn’t always one of you. And even after I was, I wasn’t really.
I was a Midwestern kid who spent every day of her life in the same brick ranch on Bloomfield Lane. My life was stable...
My husband left for Army basic training right before our daughter turned a year old. They had an amazing bond, and one of my husband’s fears was that during his almost seven months away (almost 10 weeks of basic...
Well, Congress, you collectively suck. I would like to immediately include the disclaimer that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the entire Military Moms Blog Contributing Team. Now that that's out of...
When my husband walked in from work, I was sitting on the couch, surrounded by piles of folded laundry. “Wow!” he grinned.
I smiled back. I had put clean sheets on the beds and wiped down the kitchen counters, too....
"'As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?'
Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said. 'That is what I never cease to ask myself.'”
January's book club choice was Murder on the...
To the teacher in California who had less than kind things to say about our military members:
You sir, are wrong.
You are just statistically, and factually, wrong.
I don’t need to bolster my point with opinion because the facts speak for...
To my many beautiful friends I have met along the way:
You know who you are. We held tight to one another through a season.
You were my neighbor, we sat next to each other in church, we played games on...
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