Deployment
Inside: If you're feeling weird about homecoming, read these military homecoming tips and you'll know everything really is normal. Or how to avoid the awkward altogether. "Hi," I said. "Hi," he responded. "Hi." "Um. Hi." This is basically how the conversation went when my husband returned home from his first deployment. I couldn't [...]
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What Military Families Wish You Knew About Homecoming
I laid there wide awake at 4:46 am. Couldn't sleep. I hadn't seen my service member in over seven months, and now he was in my bed. This is the reality of a military homecoming. My brain and body were in fight or flight mode. I was exhausted preparing for homecoming. I desperately wanted everything to be "just so." The homecoming date [...]
MilSpouse Life47 Things No One Tells You About Being a Military Wife
She turned her head towards me and uttered the words I dreaded most, “You knew what you were getting into right?” I always hate getting asked this question because, in a way, I did know what military life would be like--frequent moves, separations and the overall feeling that life is a like a revolving door. But at the same time, I [...]
9 Relationship Truths Only a Military Spouse Will Understand
If I’d known better, I would’ve stayed home until I got the “official” phone call. My husband was finally coming home from deployment after months away on ship. 36 weeks pregnant (with a soon to be 10 lb baby) with a very energetic toddler in the peak of an oppressively hot summer, and I was so ready for my husband to hurry up and get [...]
10 Powerful Tips That Will Change Your Approach to Military Homecoming
7 months passed since I last saw my husband. I stood in an open field area on base at 3 am waiting in the darkness. All the military homecoming tips in the world weren't helping at that point. Among me stood about a hundred families anxiously awaiting the impending arrival of their service members. I felt giddy with excitement, but at [...]
10 Signs You Prepared for Homecoming the “Right Way”
Military homecomings are kind of a funny thing. In the movies and on TV they are romanticized well beyond the reality. I always joke that there is a rise and fall of military homecoming. You are incredibly excited and the first few days go well, but transitioning back to everyday life presents a unique set of challenges. Related: 40+ [...]
Military Kids and Homecoming: How to Ease the Transition
Every military child is unique and responds differently to the life changes accompanying military life. As a parent, this makes things extra challenging. You may find yourself wondering how your child will transition after your service member returns home from deployment. Will the reunion go well? Will it be challenging? Moreover, what [...]
