MilSpouse Life
Making friends as a military spouse is almost like speed dating. You arrive at a location. You put your best self out there. You awkwardly approach new people and share personal details of your lives. And just when you are getting comfortable with a person, you move on. It's weird and strange to essentially look at making [...]
Deployment10 Things Military Spouses Won’t Tell You About Deployment
I remember the first time my husband called me after returning from Iraq. I was a military girlfriend and living long-distance at the time. Hence the phone call. So…We were chatting away, and I was feeling all sorts of happy butterflies because he was finally home. And we were—finally—going to see each other and spend time together! [...]
Raising Kids6 Reasons Why Tantrums Will Turn You Into a Better Parent
We were in the middle of a brutal honesty moment. I just spent the last hour figuring out how to deal with toddler tantrums, and my friend, who was visiting me overseas in Okinawa, turned to me and asked, “Do you ever have really angry thoughts in your head?” I didn’t hesitate for a second to answer her. “Oh, all the [...]
Mom LifeHow to Give Your Kid a Birthday Party They Will Always Remember
As I was putting a few things together for my son’s birthday, I tried to remember what a birthday celebration was like for me as a kid. Unfortunately, when I sat down and thought about it, I couldn’t remember a single birthday from my childhood. Not a single amazing party, gift or theme came to mind. It’s not because my childhood [...]
Military ResourcesHow to Unpack After a PCS Without Completely Losing It
We recently moved from Tinker AFB in Oklahoma to JBSA-Lackland in San Antonio. I won't lie, we had some stressful moments. We're still unpacking, because we have a lot of stuff. You'd think by now, we'd learn to read up on PCS moving tips and KonMari our house or at least minimize the clutter. But there are ways to get through all the [...]
The Best List of Popular Places That Offer Military Discounts
I don't have the time or energy for couponing. I am terrible at remembering to check sales. I always hesitate to seek out places that give military discounts, and sometimes I just assume they don't. That is, until the day I purchased my computer. I would have saved over one hundred dollars that day, had I known. A couple months after [...]
10 Relationship-Saving Tips to Use During Deployment
It was a Saturday night and I was alone. Scratch that. I was sad and alone. I was a military girlfriend with a deployed service member and I struggled to balance waiting by the phone with getting out of the house and enjoying life. I mean… Do you stay or do you go? I laid down on my couch getting ready to watch a movie, wondering what [...]
The Road Safety Exercise That Could Save Your Child’s Life
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare to have their child runaway into a parking lot or busy street. You’re carrying three bags of groceries and a baby, and your oldest decides to make a mad dash across the highway. You are scared to death. Teaching listening skills that will keep your kids safe is harder than you thought. post [...]
5 Times Military Spouses Made All the Difference
A friend and I were eating a quick lunch at quaint coffee shop in coastal North Carolina. Our table overlooked the Atlantic Ocean, and for a moment, I thought I was in heaven as I kicked my feet back and sipped on my caramel macchiato. I looked over to my friend, half-smiled and said, “You know, even though they’re gone, it’s not so bad. [...]
The MilSpouse’s Guide to Keeping Your Cool During Deployment
The big D is happening, all of the things have imploded, and Murphy's Law is in full effect. The car has broken down, the dishwasher exploded, and the kids are running wild. If you are like me, all of these things happen even during short TAD trips or long weekends of 24 hour duty. Once, when my spouse was away for literally four days, [...]
