It’s normal for military spouses to experience additional stress during deployment. Here are some simple steps to reduce deployment stress.
How to Send a Care Package Overseas with Free Materials
One great way to stay in touch with your spouse during deployment is by sending some love in the form of a Care Package. But sending a care package overseas can be a confusing experience. I'm here to make it easier. Now, there are tons of ideas on Pinterest telling...
Long Distance Relationship, How to Avoid Jealousy
Jealousy in a Long-Distance Relationship Sooner or later, it's going to happen: you will see some random couple in public, walking along, holding hands, just being happy together...and then bam! out of nowhere, you will feel more anger and hatred and jealousy than you...
When Military Life is Uncertain
Military spouses don't get to have a 5-year plan. Most of the time that's ok with me, because you know who else had a 5-year plan? Stalin. And that didn't go so well. So I like to think that I am a flexible military spouse who has become comfortable with having a 1-3...
8 Essentials for a Perfect Care Package for Single Service Members
How to prepare a care package for single service members Sometimes, sending one care package just isn't enough. During my husband's recent deployment, I sent him a steady stream of care packages so he always had fresh supplies of his favorite snacks, toiletries, or...
Does the News Report Military Casualties Way Too Soon?
An open letter to journalists reporting on military casualties: A military accident or service member death is important news. If you are a journalist of a major news network or a military website, you cover military casualties. As a freelance writer and journalist in...
8 Reasons the End of Deployment is the WORST
8 Reasons the End of Deployment is the WORST Why is the last month of deployment so hard? “I should be happy!” I told myself at the end of deployment. “Why am I so cranky and angry at everyone?” We had made it to the final weeks of our 6th deployment. It wasn’t an...
Surviving Birth During Deployment (in a Hurricane!)
Surviving Birth During Deployment (in a Hurricane!) What it's like to give birth during deployment, in a hurricane: I was texting my husband while delivering our baby. My hands were shaking as I gripped my phone and typed, “I’m about to start pushing!” The delivery...
The YMCA Saved my Deployment Summer
The YMCA Saved my Deployment Summer Why the YMCA Was My Deployment Summer Lifeline Deployment summers are tough, military spouses. No school, no camps, just you and the kids—or just you, missing your service member while everyone else posts beach selfies on social...
7 Tips for a Work from Home Summer
7 Tips for a Work from Home Summer When you have kids, a work from home summer is a huge challenge. Work from home parents often get their work done while the kids are in school. When summer hits, they face an interesting challenge: how to continue working without...