MilSpouse Life
Inside this post: Easy breast pump comparison through TRICARE to help you choose the best pump. Plus, how to get a breast pump through TRICARE for $0. Preparing for a new baby is exciting, but it can also feel very stressful. Just take a walk through your local big box store and you'll see hundreds of choices from clothes to [...]
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The Pain of Saying Goodbye to Your Military Spouse Tribe
A huge thank you to Kellie Artis is the Director of Content for MILLIE for contributing this post. Who’s guilty of mentally checking out as soon as you get PCS orders? One could hardly blame us. In the military community, our friend-turnover rate is high, and our friend-courting phase is typically very short. Think about it: If you [...]
21 Things You May Experience Having a Baby With a Service Member
When husband and I were pregnant with our first baby together, we received orders to Iwakuni, Japan. The time table in which my husband was set to report to his new duty station was almost immediately after my due date. This meant, more than likely, he would move ahead of me and I would follow 6-8 weeks later or as soon as the [...]
DeploymentWhy I Didn’t “Go Home” When My Service Member Deployed
Whenever my husband had to deploy, I was asked by friends if I planned on going home until he returns. I know my parents would welcome me with open arms and I appreciate it. I appreciate them. I remember when Tom went to Korea for a year, people were surprised to learn that I wasn't packing up my kids and going home. So why is [...]
31+ Genius Tips, Hacks and Ideas For Surviving Your Next Deployment
Surviving deployment is one of those things that never gets easier. You do gain more tools and equip yourself with strategies for coping with deployment separations. But that big deployment mountain? It's always there. Staring you down. Military spouses regularly ask, "What's the secret to surviving deployment?" I think [...]
How to Find Support After Your Service Member Returns Home From War
Today I wanted to welcome Patti Katter, a Certified Life Coach and Military & Program Coordinator at Hope For The Warriors. She is going to share a bit about the amazing work she is doing with military families and how you can use Hope For The Warriors as a resource on your military life journey. Take it away [...]
6 Reasons Why Every Military Spouse Should Keep a Journal
Military life is stressful, which typically doesn't mix well if you're Type A compulsive planner (that's me). I like to make plans and keep plans. The military likes to make plans and change plans. PCS moves, deployments, and homecoming (the typical military life pillars) occur and anxiety immediately sets in. At least some of [...]
The Brutally Honest Guide for Surviving the First Week of Deployment
In many ways, military deployments are such a part of our lives now that I don’t even blink when it’s about to happen. Or at least that’s what I think in my mind. Then it actually happens, and I feel this overwhelming sense of stress, anxiety, distance and disgust with the whole thing. Ugh. Deployment. How I loathe thee. Each [...]
Military Resources7 Myths About Tricare for Military Families…Debunked
If there is one thing about military marriage that surprised me, it is the massive learning curve that occurs once joining Tricare. After my husband and I got married, we hopped into our SUV and took a week long road trip from the midwest back to coastal Carolina where we lived. I specifically remember driving through the country roads [...]
How Military Spouses Can Reduce Anxiety During High Stress.
Oh the joys military life brings us. Often towing immeasurable amounts of anxiety along, you know the drill. In fact, as a military spouse, you are more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder than your civilian peers. And it’s easy to see why. Military life is full of unpredictable events, moves, and deployments. It is one [...]
