I don't strive for perfection. I acknowledge the entropy in my house and it doesn't bother me too much. I know I'm not a...
Why does it have to be so hard for a military spouse to find a new job? That’s kind of a rhetorical question but...
Summers in the Mojave Desert don't play by the rules. It's only mid-June and the highs this week are predicted to sizzle around 111...
My name is Megan DeCrosta and I am the creator of CutTheFiscalFat.com through which we teach financial literacy to teens and young adults. I...
After a thousand mile road trip, I finally asked my sister the question I wasn’t sure I wanted the answer to, “Do you...
It is no secret that being in the water during summer months is unavoidable. We just bought a home with a pool and now...
Military spouses are pretty experienced at the art of starting over in a new place and trying to make new friends but what do...
Hello from Taylor Whitson - the new Military Mom Collective owner!
What an exciting opportunity to continue to build upon the hard work Rachel and...
While reading fellow blogger Lindsay Swoboda’s recent post, “Trusting the Transition”, I found myself transformed back to when I was learning to drive a...
Military spouses hate the word "goodbye." It commands many negative thoughts, memories, and emotions that we tend to mask it with other terms and...
We've all been there. Many times.
One minute, our kids are happy campers and the next minute, it's an epic meltdown. It might happen at...
My children are what we like to call “willful."
Sometimes, this comes across as a toddler decisively screaming for the Elmo fork. Other times, we...
Military Lifestyle
The Navy Has Taken, But It Has Also Given
Recently my husband and I were chatting, and he jokingly said, “The two things the Navy has taken from me are my singing voice...
