Tag: deployment
Help! My Child Wants to Join the Military!
When your child brings up the idea of joining the military, it's natural to panic—instantly. Our minds race to dramatic war scenes from movies...
5 Reasons to Start a New Hobby While Your Spouse Is...
As a military spouse, your service member is likely away for periods of time. Whether it’s months or weeks, this time can leave you...
From Mom: What to Send When They Leave
Here I am preparing for both of my sons to deploy on two different missions, just as my husband did. As a mom, my...
Red Cross Messages: The Essential Details
About three weeks into my husband’s one year unaccompanied PCS tour overseas, I needed to make my first Red Cross message in his career....
“20 Minutes to Home” According To My Phone
THE NOTIFICATIONS
I’m not sure what I did or when the feature began, but within the last 6 months my phone has started alerting me...
What I Learned From the First Deployment as a New Mom
Somewhere around 3am, after my four month old woke up for the third time to eat, I went to use the bathroom and wash...
4 Things to Do with Your Kids to Prep for Deployment
Whether you (or I) like it, if your spouse (or you!) is in the military, separation is a big piece of this life. No...
Zoom In: The Best Deployment Advice I’ve Been Given
Deployment is hard. It's messy. It's unnerving and overwhelming. It's chaos and calamity wrapped up in the ever changing emotions of kids and parents...
Why Self-Care Is Important
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...
How to Cope When You’re In The Storm
You always remember your firsts…
The good ones.
The bad ones.
And especially the ugly ones.
Personally, I will never forget our first deployment....
We Be Ridin’ Solo: Wagon Style
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...
From Deployed to Debt Free
In 2017, my husband and I, recently newlyweds, faced his third deployment together. When we walk through season of times apart, we establish goals...