Deployment
One of the biggest challenges to deployment is the way it affects your relationship and your ability to communicate with your spouse. Sometimes deployment communication problems can be anticipated, like when the service member knows they won’t have internet. But other problems can creep up on you unexpectedly, like when your service [...]
Raising Kids7 Parenting Basics That Are More Important Than Ever
Several years ago I remember sitting at my dining room table vigorously typing away at my computer. Determined to start my own business from home, I was ready to - as they say - have it all. I was going to work from home (creating an online job for myself) and stay-at-home with my son and be a dotting spouse who cleaned and KonMaried [...]
MilSpouse LifeThe Secret Life of Military Spouses and Their Curtains
Every military spouse I know has one. It’s some sort of marked box or storage bin; usually shoved in the back corner of a closet. Sometimes the lid closes nicely. Sometimes it’s crammed so full that we have to stack other boxes on top to keep it closed. This box is filled with curtains. And it is more than just something that takes up [...]
Military Resources9 Embarrassing Things That Happened at The Military Base Gate
Inside this post: Military base gate etiquette faux pas to avoid. Save yourself from an embarrassing moment at the military base gate. Ah, the military base gate. To get onto base you have to pull up to the gate. Then you show your ID card to the security forces member. (Or MPs--military police.) (Or Daf guards, which are civilian [...]
Why Deployment Meltdowns Are Actually a Good Thing
After multiple deployments and separations as a military spouse, you’d think the deployment meltdown wouldn’t exist. This is simply not true. A few deployments ago, I hit a catastrophic wall right around the one-month mark. I am unashamed to say it was probably one of my worst meltdowns since becoming a military wife. In the [...]
16 Inspirational Quotes for Military Kids That Will Make You Smile
Inside: Inspirational quotes for military kids that will make your heart skip a beat. They're the perfect set of deployment quotes to inspire your kids during the ups and downs of deployment. Military kids are truly impressive. They live all the challenges of military life, but they never signed up for it. They experience [...]
Mom Life50+ Open-Ended Toys That Will Keep Your Kids Busy for Hours
Inside: Inspire your child's imagination and creativity with these open-ended toys that last for years! Open-ended toys result in open-ended play, encouraging problem-solving, self-regulation, creativity and more. This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission. Last year my son [...]
19 Inspirational Quotes for Military Spouses and Families
Inside: Looking for some encouraging words to share or inspire your military family? Check out these 19 inspirational quotes for military families. I really, really didn’t want to say goodbye. My husband had asked me to drop him off at a parking lot where he would leave for his next deployment. But the busses weren’t coming for a [...]
To My Military Spouse Friends, You’ll Never Know…
As we prepared for our final hours in Okinawa, my husband and I packed up our loaner van with five ginormous suitcases, two strollers, two carry-ons, one diaper bag, one camera bag...and two kids (can't forget the kids). I hopped in the way back with a cup of coffee that tasted a lot more like burnt toast than actual coffee. The kids [...]
How to Tame Your Child’s Temper Tantrum With Two Simple Words
Inside: Learn two important words that can help tame temper tantrums in length and intensity. Plus, how the toddler brain works and why tantrums happen. This morning my 2-year-old daughter asked me for a banana. I nodded. I grabbed the banana. I started peeling. Then like a parenting rookie, I made a terrible mistake. In order [...]
