Deployments are hard--not just for the deployed service member, but for the family left behind. Stuff happens. Things break. Kids get sick. Emotional breakdowns must be overcome. The spouse becomes a single parent, responsible for all the kids, the house, the...
Long-distance relationships and deployments are challenging for all 5 love languages. Thankfully, there are ways to express love, even across the distance.
It’s normal for military spouses to experience additional stress during deployment. Here are some simple steps to reduce deployment stress.
This story starts with me, sitting alone on the floor, crying uncontrollably. I’m in the living room of my not-yet-unpacked home- my first home with my husband. We’ve been married for about three months, and instead of helping me unpack boxes and pick out curtains,...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.