Here’s how to handle deployment with military kids at different ages.
Why Your Service Member Hasn’t Called During Deployment (and 5 Ways to Avoid Panicking)
Deployment communication can be unpredictable, but it’s natural to worry when your service member hasn’t called for several days. Here’s what to do.
Your First Deployment
How to Handle Your First Deployment as a Military Spouse or Significant Other The first day of my husband's first deployment, I cried most of the day. The first deployment is terrifying and intimidating, whether you are dating a service member or married to one. It...
Host Family Visitors in Base Housing: Essential Info for Military Families
How to Host Family Visitors in Base Housing When you live on base, it can be tricky to invite family to visit. They will want to know if you are allowed to have visitors in base housing. The short answer is yes, but you must prepare paperwork in advance. And you might...
4 Things to Expect from the First Week of Deployment
The first week of deployment can be an emotional roller-coaster. Here’s how you can get through it, military spouse or military loved one!
101 Moments of Crazy Military Life Stress for Milspouses
How to Handle Military Life Stress as a Military Spouse The problem: military life can be really, really stressful. Why you should keep reading: because you know you want a laugh and need to unload some of your military life stress too! The heavy burden of military...
10 Essential Ways to Maintain Parked Cars (During Deployment)
10 Ways for Military Spouses to Maintain Parked Cars During Deployment The problem: your spouse is leaving their car in the driveway during deployment. Keep reading because: You want to learn how to prevent a dead battery and flat tires, and the basics to maintain...
22 Amazing Deployment Tips from Real Military Spouses
Deployment Tips from Real Military Wives Although I love to share my own advice and experience on this blog, I know that everyone is different, and we all have our own methods for coping with deployment. Some people stay on base, some people move home. Some people...
Hitting the Deployment Wall
The Deployment Wall When you're out of energy, but still have a long way to go I didn't think melting ice cream would ever drive me to the breaking point, but it did. On a day I am not very proud of, I, the "Seasoned Spouse" had a breakdown, and it was because of ice...
2 Pre-Deployment Relationship Problems You Can Solve Now
Everyone knows that deployments are difficult. Any time you have to spend apart from your service member is bound to be lonely and at times frustrating. But here's a dirty little secret that is not often discussed in the military community: the time leading up to...