Tag: military life
Enjoy Japanese Culture: Try Celebrating Children’s Day
It is sakura (cherry blossom) season, and that means a number of holidays are upon us here in Japan.
Japan has plenty of holidays that...
Friday Favorites- Jeannette’s Favorite Hotel Meals
Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty...
My Favorite Place in the World – Where is Yours?
My 9-year-old daughter just entered a drawing contest. The theme is, “my favorite place in the world."
While she was thinking which place to...
Story Time with our Favorite Children’s Books + Authors
IT'S STORY TIME!
To celebrate the resiliency of our military children, we joined with a few of our favorite children's book authors to read their...
Happy-Sad: How I Feel Every Time the Army Moves Us
Well, it looks like we're moving again. Like I knew we would. It looks like we'll be starting over again, like we always do...
Home Is Where The Military Sends You…and It May Send You...
“Where did you grow up?”
It’s a simple question, with an obviously easy answer, right?
Unless you were or are a military child. Then it can...
When Military Retirement Meets Civilian Reality
My husband and I have been talking about when he will retire for good. He retired from the Navy in 2008, and now we’re...
No PCS: The Gift of Staying Put
I hold my coffee in one hand and my cell phone in the other, thumbing through Instagram. I am working on better social media...
PCS Uncertainty + Moving Without a Home
You hear its rumble before you see its nose taking the corner. The trembling truck awkwardly pulls to the curb, and your heart instantaneously...
Independent Woman vs Military Spouse – Can I Be Both?
I like to think of myself as an independent woman.
It sounds good, doesn’t it? I also want to raise my daughter to be...
Spring Cleaning? Try your Military Freecycle
Less stuff, less stress seems to have been the mantra of the last year, as we all hunkered down for quarantine or maybe prepped...
The Anticipation of “See You Later”
"See you laters" are an integral part of this military lifestyle that we've chosen. I made peace with that long ago, when I said...