MilSpouse Life
So you’re getting ready plan a military wedding and marry your service member. Congratulations! If your military dating relationship has been challenging because of long distance, deployments, and training schools, then you probably can’t wait until you can both settle down and actually live together every day. But wait… if you are [...]
When Your Military Kid Isn’t Feeling All That Resilient
Inside: We love to taut the resilience of military kids, but the truth is, it's hard. What do you do when your military kid isn't feeling all that resilient? I watched everything in my room get wrapped in layers of brown packing paper and put into boxes labeled "Boy Room." My trophies and favorite legos were stuffed down deep into [...]
Raising KidsYour Strong-Willed Toddler: 3 Shifts to Turn Defiance Into Cooperation
I stood in the elevator looking down at my strong-willed toddler on the floor. He sat up, swung his head backwards and let out another ginormous “WAAAAAAAA.” When the elevator stopped on the third floor my heart skipped 3 beats before sinking into the abyss of anxiety in my stomach. The doors opened to another family needing to ride [...]
Schedule / Routine10 Baby Sleep Tips That’ll Help Baby Sleep Longer Stretches
Sitting on the couch with my swollen legs propped up on pillows, I looked over at the stack of newborn baby sleep books on the coffee table. Over the course of several hours, I devoured each book, skimming through the pages. I was determined to learn how to make a newborn sleep. Then...my son was born. And....he didn't [...]
Military ResourcesWhy We Quit Drinking the Tap Water at Military Bases and What We Do Instead
I never used to think about the water we drank. In fact, I thought most people who worried about whether their water was filtered were a little high maintenance. I was a self-proclaimed “tap water girl.” It was only once we were preparing to leave Okinawa a few years ago that I started to take a second look. A friend of mine [...]
What I’ve Learned After Two Decades of Being a Military Spouse…
I often wonder what I would share with the young bride, who crossed through that sword arch on that warm July day more than two decades ago, about military life. That's the thing about perspective... You have to get some life under your belt, jump over hurdles, endure some bumps and rough patches to find the deeper meaning. After [...]
The Ultimate List of Summer Resources for Military Kids
Any deployment is challenging, especially when you are the solo parent to young children. But deployments that stretch over the summer are especially difficult for the parent at home. Summer disrupts many activities and extracurriculars, and it means that a working parent must scramble to find additional childcare options. I have gone [...]
The Key to Helping a Perfectionist Child Is The Opposite of What You’d Think
Inside: Learn simple tools to help your perfectionist child learn to try again without nagging or fighting. Many approaches to helping a child with perfectionism don't work, but THIS does. Post may contain affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. It started when he was [...]
4 Crazy-Simple Ways to Live Off One Income After a Military Move
Your spouse can find ways to maybe delay a PCS move or stay a little longer at a certain location, but moving is simply inevitable. Despite the inevitable, moving is never easy. Whether you loved the place you were located at or hated it with all your heart and soul, a PCS move is never a smooth process. Part of the process [...]
How to Help a Child Focus During School Time
Inside: Unsure about how to help a child focus in the classroom? Help your child focus and learn to concentrate better using these five core strategies at home. Post may contain affiliate links, which means at no extra cost to you I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase. I often hear from concerned parents that their [...]
