Tag: military life
10 Cardboard Box Crafts and Recycling Activities For Kids
Being a forces family, we move around a lot.
By default, that means a LOT of boxes. Big boxes, small boxes, broken boxes, over taped...
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times – A Tale...
You know it well, friends. Your orders are cut. Your new life is just around the corner. You have only a few short months...
Waiting for a Pineapple Assignment
Everyone has a "dream base". That one base that seems so unrealistic actually to get, but it is everything you want. For us it was...
COVID-19 Has Created a New Class of Heroes – So Thank...
A friend from college texted me the other day. She was worried about her father, a doctor, contracting COVID-19. I told her I had...
Ready to Leave This Place, Not Ready to Leave This House
When I was about ten years old I watched a house get taken apart and put on wheels.
I watched this from my grandparent's driveway....
Uncover Our Names: How Cleaning Veterans’ Tombstones Connects My Husband to...
He could have picked golf. Or fishing. Or even shooting.
The list of potential hobbies are endless for a retired warrior, yet my husband chose...
Top Ten Things Military Musicians Wish You Knew About Their Life
When I joined the Marine Corps, my recruiter sold me on joining the band.
Frankly, it was a pretty easy sell, since I loved music....
For the Last Time…A List of Things I Will Not Have...
For some military members and families, retirement can be a scary or bad idea. Others find the idea amazing and exciting. Our family wholeheartedly...
Army Brat for Life: Lessons for Children After ETS
As a west coast native, it feels strange to me that my daughter has a Tennessee birth certificate and will always have a tie...
COVID-19 Dispatches from Around The World
No matter where you are in the world, you are feeling the impacts of COVID-19.
Our Military Moms Blog team is located in multiple states...
My Decorating Style? Call it Military Chic
My daughter recently asked me what my decorating style is; an odd question since my house had also been her house for eighteen years....
Telling My Life – And My Story
When I was a little girl, I had a diary with a lock and key.
The hardest part was keeping up with the key since...