Tag: military spouse
Military Moms and Spouses in Popular Media
My husband and I recently finished watching the Netflix series "Bodyguard." Military moms and spouses: consider this your spoiler alert and also a trigger...
We Have Masks: Our Choice for #Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday was established in 2012. It started with a simple idea of enabling people to do good for others. It has grown into...
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...
Air Force Ace: A Children’s Book About Deployment
Every so often in life, you get to a duty station and you find a tribe that makes your time there so, so easy....
Military Mama Spotlight: What It Takes to Be a Career Military...
We are proud to partner with Body Boost on our Military Mama Spotlight. Each month, we will feature a mom in our community who...
The Seven Dwarfs of Military Friendship
As you may know, I am a bit new to this whole military thing. What’s more, my spouse joined service in our later years...
The Military Spouse’s Guide to Making Mom Friends
I glanced around the park, looking for the group I was supposed to meet. Was the woman with the jogging stroller from Hike it...
Help! My Military Friendships Have Ruined All Other Friendships for Me
“We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third.”
–Leslie Knope
I often say...
Military Mom, You Are My Village
I did not grow up in a military family. We moved two blocks when I was six years old, and my parents still live...
Raising the Bar on Friendship: 5 Steps to Building Meaningful Relationships...
Making friends is hard. Building meaningful relationships is harder. Sometimes it even feels impossible; but it's not.
We've all been the new person at some...
To the New Military Spouse: I See You
To the new military spouse:
I see you.
You are standing by the wall at a squadron function. You alternate between timid and brazen, depending on...
Dear Military Spouse: You Did Not Sign Up for This
Let me start off by saying, any spouse who supports his or her service member in any branch of service - I salute you...