by Mackenzie Jervis, Guest Contributor Deployment, for a military spouse, usually means seemingly endless days at home, waiting for a phone call or a message. When my husband told me he’d … [Read more...]
7 Unspoken Truths About Being A Military Spouse
I have lived my life inside the bubble of the military community. Going from Air Force brat to Army wife was a relatively smooth transition when it came to the alphabet soup, but there … [Read more...]
30 Thoughts I Had While My Movers Unloaded The Moving Truck
It is the beginning of the end of your PCS. The camping chairs are no longer comfortable and eating every meal at a restaurant is no longer novel. Your air mattress is slowly deflating … [Read more...]
5 Tips For Riding The Roller Coaster Of Military Life
Military life has its ups and downs. It’s a common comparison that military life resembles a roller coaster. Not to mention that roller coasters give you all kinds of different emotions … [Read more...]
How To Turn Your PCS Into An Epic Family Vacation
Confession: I (kind of) like PCSing. Not the moving part. I hate packing and unpacking things. I hate the stress of finding a new place to live. Finding a new job is NOT the bee's … [Read more...]
10 Things This Military Spouse Is Not Doing This Summer
by Christine Maxwell, Guest Contributor For the first time since the summer of 2012, my family and I are not moving. Count it, that’s 5 consecutive years, where we moved every single … [Read more...]
6 Essential Steps to Keep Your Sanity During a DITY Move
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Armed Forces Insurance. All opinions are 100% mine. There is 1 topic that divides the military community into 2 camps. It’s not … [Read more...]
Why I Don’t ‘Just Move Home’ During a Deployment
by Kimmie Fink, Guest Contributor When you’re a military spouse, you know deployment is part of the deal. For many spouses, moving home during that 6-, 9-, or 12-month period is both … [Read more...]
6 Ways To Stay Positive During Deployment
I blinked. Just like that, he was on the bus and gone. This time he was scheduled to be away for around a year. As a new military spouse, I was overwhelmed with sadness and didn't know … [Read more...]
It’s the Last Day of Deployment
To the Military Spouse on the Last Day of Your Service Member's Deployment, Congrats! You made it! Today is the day, the big day. You have spent days, weeks, months, and perhaps a year or … [Read more...]