Ask any military spouse you meet if she’s ever felt overwhelmed and you’ll most likely be met with a resounding ‘yes’ (likely yelled loudly with coffee-fuelled enthusiasm). As overwhelmed military spouses, we need to know that we are not alone. Overwhelm a common problem for women today – especially military spouse moms and active duty…
Military spouse Facebook groups can be a great source of information. They are helpful on a wide range of topics from housing insights, to getting plugged into activities in the area, or finding a babysitter or a dress for a military ball. But when it comes to military medicine, you will find some seriously savage…
If your military family is like ours, you are trying to make smart financial decisions and are watching your spending. When you are watching pennies it can be difficult to calculate date nights into the equation. While you work on stuffing your piggy bank, it’s also important to fill your love tank by spending quality…
The newest Disney animated movie, Encanto, is a hit. The animation is so well done, the story-line resonates and the music plays on loop in your head. But my favorite parts of Encanto are all the relatable memes that could so easily be made for military spouse life. Milspouse memes from Disney’s new animated movie,…
Dear Military Spouse, Don’t ever downgrade the importance of your role behind the scenes of keeping the home fires burning. What you do in the day to day…what can seem so mundane, is like a puzzle made of pieces of tiny little efforts that keep your family going and your spouse able to do what…
can you be a military spouse and have a horse? Yes! Being a military family with horses is not out of the question. You just have to know how to PCS with a horse to make it happen!
A story of the struggles of a military spouse during deployment and finding the grace to persevere.
In the midst of it all I discovered three imperatives to thriving during our deployment time apart that have helped me: setting a routine, knowing what fulfills me, and asking for help.
You can travel in conjunction with your spouse when they go on remote tours and most especially on a TDY. This temporary duty assignment can sometimes be to some pretty amazing places like Hawai’i, Japan or Orlando! With this in mind, there are some things to consider when visiting your spouse while they are on TDY or a remote tour.
Being a military spouse requires persevering through loneliness, enduring times of high stress, and having great patience. To be honest, these things don’t come naturally to most of us. That is why I am so thankful that Bernadette Soler reached out to our Military With Kids community with a free offer for her yoga e-book…
Military life challenges create career obstacles for many military spouses. Traditional career paths requiring the employee to work from a specific location make it hard to maintain a job with the frequent military moves to a new duty station. Pursuing a career where you can work from home may be ideal for you as a military…