Here are 5 steps to creating the perfect Deployment Care Package for you service member overseas.
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...
Deployment Challenges You’ll Face Again and Again
Every deployment has new challenges. Veteran and milspouse Charlene Wilde shares the deployment challenges she faced during multiple deployments, and how things change when the kids are different ages.
4 Creative Holiday Celebrations for Military Families
During the last 20 years we have had some memorable holidays: with military ‘family,’ overseas, and with single service members. Use these creative holiday traditions to celebrate wherever you are.
Keeping Holidays Simple
The holidays can be stressful for anyone, but they are probably more stressful for a mom. And they are most stressful for a military spouse mom of several young children going through a deployment. (That would be me right now). But this year, I am surprisingly not...
Celebrating Holidays Far From Family
Over the years, we have adapted to all the challenges, and have learned an important lesson about celebrating holidays: the military IS your family. So no matter where you find yourself this year, here are some creative ways to adapt and have a great time with your military family.