Long-distance relationships and deployments are challenging for all 5 love languages. Thankfully, there are ways to express love, even across the distance.
8 Ways to Manage Stress During Deployment
It’s normal for military spouses to experience additional stress during deployment. Here are some simple steps to reduce deployment stress.
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...
8 Deployment prayer ideas for a military spouse
Deployment prayer for military spouses and service members There is nothing like a stressful deployment to make you realize that you can’t handle everything on your own. Maybe it has been a while since you said a prayer. Or maybe you are so angry with God and this...
How to Survive a Deployment Birth Alone
Military spouses who give birth during deployment often feel alone, but these resources will support and encourage anyone having a deployment baby.
9 Unique Girls’ Night Out Ideas
Try these unique ideas for ‘GALentines Day,’ or any Ladies’ Night Out!
I Spent a Day Doing Military Training for Military Spouses
There's no prior training for military spouses I had been married to my Marine for 10 years before I realized that when they train in the field, they literally sleep on the ground. My husband sent me a picture of his sleeping area during a standard military training...
3 Shameless Reasons to Dislike Valentine’s Day
There are a million reasons for military spouses to dislike Valentine’s Day. Often, this holiday is simply a reminder that we are separated from the ones we love. If all the posts about love in the air are starting to get to you, here’s what you can do about it.
All the Deployment Emotions on the Eve of Deployment
The Heart and Strength of a Military Wife This guest post is from a member of my Deployment Support group on Facebook. Want to join? It's free! They say that you know what you're signing up for as soon as you agree to marry a man in the military. But the truth of the...
Deployment Milestones: 16 Creative Ways Military Spouses Celebrate
How do you count down deployments and mark deployment milestones? Military deployments can be counted in days, in weeks, or in months. For our family deployment countdown, I prefer weeks, because the numbers are less intimidating than days. But in my head I count in...