Mom Life
It was one email. Just one email that changed my life a year and a half ago. A lady named Dayna emailed me about “the most amazing essential oil deal.” To be honest, I was a long time stalker…I mean follower of her blog Lemon Lime Adventures. I must’ve read her email ten times wavering over the decision to buy the premium starter kit. [...]
MilSpouse Life7 Things Good Military Spouses Do…That I’m Not Going to Do Anymore
I remember that time my car broke down in Okinawa and my military spouse friend was there to help me take it to the shop. And she loaned me a spare car for 3 weeks! I remember that time I gave birth to a ten-and-a-half pound baby and our community of military spouses brought meals to our home for over two weeks! I remember that time I [...]
Raising Kids4 Ridiculously Easy Ways to End a Power Struggle
“No. No. No bath!” This is my son on bath night. We are in the middle of a toddler power struggle. I'm desperately trying to figure out how to make my kid listen so we can get on with the bedtime already. “Do you want to play with cars or letters in the bath tonight?” “No. NO. NO BATH!” He used to love baths, but in the past [...]
10 Lessons About Love and Loss Every Military Spouse Will Understand
I closed my eyes and buried my head in my hands, trying to catch my breath. This is how every deployment starts. For some reason, there weren’t as many tears this time around. I don’t know, maybe I’m turning into a cold-hardened military spouse who just doesn’t want to care anymore? Then I think about him being gone and the inside of [...]
3 Parenting Phrases to Avoid When Teaching Toddlers to Listen
You wake up on a Wednesday morning and wrap your hands around a hot cup of coffee. You think this is the day you will figure out how to get your toddler to listen there will be no yelling at kids today. You look out the window. The sky is powder puff blue and the clouds appear as delicious marshmallows. You think about how to make kids [...]
7 Genius Ways to Diffuse a Toddler Tantrum
Toddler tantrums are a part of every child’s life. Why? Because the logical part (aka the frontal cortex) of a human’s brain doesn’t fully develop until age 25. Yep. Age 25. Woah, right? It makes total sense that toddler tantrums occur over completely illogical things and ideas. That part of their brain doesn’t actually work yet! [...]
Military ResourcesMilitary Spouses and Teaching: What You Need to Know
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Teach For America. All opinions are 100% mine. I remember sitting in high school math wracking my brain over algebra. I struggled to figure out each painstaking problem. My brain could not make sense of the numbers. My heart thumped against my chest with each passing moment. My forehead [...]
How to Respond When Your Military Child Feels Anxious
I watched the military child stand next to his daddy in uniform. He was saying goodbye that day. Simply by looking at him, you could tell this little boy utilized every ounce of effort to appear brave. Taking short guppy breaths, two tears rolled down his cheek and onto his red t-shirt. He wore a look that begged anyone to stop the [...]
7 Myths About Military Life Debunked
When I first began my military life journey, I was working as a cardiac nurse down in coastal North Carolina. It was winter time and many families were busy coordinating ski vacations and holiday plans with loves ones across the miles. Despite working in a community surrounded with military bases, I realized not everyone seems to have a [...]
Schedule / RoutineHow to Help a Toddler Adjust After a New Baby
As I was folding laundry, my toddler reminded me, “Mama. Baby cry. Mama.” I continued folding. He continued reminding me. This is our new routine to help our toddler and newborn adjust. When we first brought our daughter home from the hospital, I was overwhelmed about how to help my toddler prepare for the new baby. I knew we [...]
