Here’s how to handle deployment with military kids at different ages.
The Best Ways to Survive Frequent Deployments
The Best Ways to Survive Frequent Deployments This is a guest post from Army Wife Sonia Garza of Spouse Connexion. I frequently invite military spouses to be guests here and share their deployment accounts, since we all have unique experiences. Some families only go...
Free Back to School Stuff for Military Kids
Free Back to School Stuff for Military Kids It's Back-to-School time, which means the kids will finally be out of the house during the day. YAY!!! (said every mom everywhere.) But sending the kids to school often means new clothes, new shoes, backpacks, lunch boxes,...
Amazing Hacks for a Road Trip with Kids
We drove across the country in 6 days with 4 young children. And we actually have fond memories of the trip! Here are the sanity-saving hacks you can use on your next car ride.
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...
17 Unusual Things Military Families Get Free
Bikes: Some military families can’t afford to give their child a new bike for Christmas. But with help from the USO’s “That’s my Ride” Program, you can! Volunteers assemble thousands of bikes to give to needy families.
9 Powerful Ways to Connect a Deployment Baby with Their Deployed Parent
9 Powerful Ways to Connect a Deployment Baby with Their Deployed Parent Will my Deployment Baby know his Daddy? My oldest son had to wait six months before he met his Dad. My next son had to wait seven months. Why? Military deployment. Somehow, we got into the...
6 Things to Do When You’re Sick During Deployment
It isn’t easy to take care of the kids or yourself when you get sick during deployment. Here are the steps you should take in advance to prepare for emergencies during deployment.