It’s time for the kids to bounce off the walls, slide on the floor, and hang off the ceiling, but they can’t jump on...
As moms in the military community, it's important to educate ourselves on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). If left unchecked or untreated, it can...
I've been secretly watching my preteen a little closer lately- not because she's bad. In fact, quite the opposite. She is young, impressionable, and...
Every mother needs a tribe: Other mothers who understand her; who don’t judge her; and who are willing to lend their support and time when...
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...
As the summer approaches, many of us will pick up our family and all that we know to move across the country, or even...
It was perfectly planned. My husband and I would take our youngest son with us, stop at my grandma’s house, stay in a hotel...
Every few years the military sweeps us from coast to coast and sometimes even OCONUS (Outside Continental United States). For a woman who grew...
Moving away from your tribe is arguably the hardest part of a military permanent change of station (PCS). You spend between two and five...
You may be stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB, Luke AFB, Ft. Huachuca or Yuma, but no matter where you are, there are plenty of reasons...
I realize some of the appeal to military life is the experience of a new station, but Colorado Springs is a particularly hard station to leave....
Ever feel like you’re on a merry-go-round of negativity? Like your gut reactions line up a liiiiittle too well with Debbie Downer?
Then you might...
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
Over the Edge
I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
