For American military families stationed overseas, the 4th of July is a unique holiday to celebrate our nation’s history and treasure national symbols like the flag.
4 things I learned about diversity from military spouses
The military forces service members and spouses outside their comfort zones, to live in diverse communities with neighbors from around the world… and that’s a good thing.
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.
Can you celebrate Fall without Pumpkins?
It wasn’t until I lived outside of America that I realized how much of the Fall season is a cultural celebration. Yet in many parts of the world, ‘pumpkin spice’ is a foreign language.
Overseas PCS Part 2: What to Pack
Here are the details about what to pack when you move overseas (and what to leave behind!) When you get orders to move overseas, you start to look at all of your belongings differently. We definitely started to question, "Why do we have so much stuff?" The good news...
Read this before your first PCS move
A PCS move, or Permanent Change of Station is when a military member has orders to move from one duty station to another. The military will pay them to relocate their family and their belongings to the new station. Here is how to make PCS moves easier for your family!
How to save cash when traveling abroad
Learn 12 great tips on how military families can save cash when traveling abroad! Visit Expedia here to sign up for the Military Offer now. The military offer provides complimentary Expedia+ Gold Status to anyone that signs up by verifying their military status. It’s...
Living overseas: What I miss, and some things I don’t
If you have spent any time living overseas, you know it can be fun... and challenging, too. Two years ago, we left Spain to return to America. Like some lucky military families, we had the opportunity to receive orders overseas. We lived in Southern Spain at Naval...
Leaving Home
My parents are selling and moving out of the house where I grew up. After 40 years of marriage--almost all spent at that house--they have decided it's time to downsize. Moving means leaving behind a lifetime of memories. I can relate, a little. One decade into our...
The war I missed by living overseas during deployment
I was living overseas when my boyfriend first went to war. It was 2003 when America went to war with Iraq. The Marines were at the front lines, "the tip of the spear," and my boyfriend of three years was with them. He had been a Marine for two years at that point,...