Raising Kids
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Jockey for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. The Jockey #ShowEm campaign celebrates the values that guide our journeys and help us overcome the obstacles that life can sometimes place in our way. When Jockey encouraged me to share my own story and #ShowEm what’s underneath, I knew that [...]
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Military ResourcesHow to Overcome Military Spouse Career Challenges
After 3 years in a long-distance relationship, my military boyfriend and I made a big decision: I would move to the East Coast to join him at his current duty station. This decision carried a lot of weight for us. Obviously, it took us 3 years to pull the trigger. I was optimistic about the move and the transition to life as a military [...]
Deployment10 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 [...]
How to Save Big on Your Next Military Family Vacation
Our trip was nothing short of a vacation nightmare. We were preparing for a big overseas move, and in the midst of all that stress, we decided it would be an excellent idea to take a military family vacation back to the Midwest before we leapt across the pond for three years. The vacation itself was amazing. But the travel getting to [...]
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 [...]
MilSpouse Life5 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. [...]
How to Get a Breast Pump Through TRICARE for $0
At 7 months pregnant it was time to finalize the baby stuff. I still needed a breast pump and I thought I discovered a money-saving solution. After three kids, my friend announced she was officially hopping off the baby-making train, and she was ready to sell all her baby stuff. Lucky for me, this included a breast pump and I was ready [...]
10+ Simple Travel Hacks to Use During the PCS Season
I stood in the middle of the Chicago airport as hundreds of people bustled around me. As a military family, we were in need of some serious travel hacks. My son and I just landed after traveling and flying 20 hours and counting from Japan to Chicago. We were exhausted and still had another domestic flight to catch. post contains [...]
How to Stay Absolutely Miserable in Military Life
Military life is one of those things that will take all the life plans you jotted on a piece of paper, crumple them up and throw them in the shredder. Gasp. Military spouses and significant others, you might feel a little discouraged hearing this. I certainly did at first too. Growing up in the Midwest, I never envisioned leaving my [...]
Murphy’s Law of Deployment for Civilians vs. Military Spouses
It was only a few days into the deployment. I looked down at my iPhone and it was completely blank. Couldn't turn the phone on or off. Couldn't press a single button. Couldn't reset it. Murphy's law of deployment was in full force and I still had months of deployment to conquer. The worst part? When you live overseas--at least in [...]
