Military Resources
There I was, walking into a hotel ballroom for another military ball. As usual, my husband was in his dress blue uniform, looking sharp. I was in a formal dress with hair styled and nails done. The kids had been dropped off at childcare, and we were ready for a fun evening! There was just one problem… as we looked around the room, we [...]
MilSpouse LifeHow Plan a Military Wedding Date When the Date Keeps Changing?
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 the [...]
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 sleep. Imagine [...]
Why 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 [...]
How to Deal With Kids Tattling vs. Telling
I can hear her barreling down the stairs between sobs. She runs into the kitchen and announces, "He...he...he's not sharing with me!" It's almost as if she's searching for something to say that will entice me to handle the fallout between her and her brother. Before I can respond, my son swoops into the kitchen and announces, [...]
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 [...]
