Military life can turn you into the default parent in ways you never expected. From solo parenting during deployments to making decisions alone, here are ways to find support, ask for help, and give yourself grace.
Giving Birth When Your Spouse Is Deployed
Giving birth when your spouse is deployed is common in the military spouse community. If you walk into a room of Military spouses and ask how many of them have given birth when their spouse was deployed, you would get quite a few hands. It is something that has happened to a lot of us….
Military Spouse Spotlight: Learning to Love Each Duty Station
love your duty station as a military spouse
4 Things to Do When the Military Cancels Your Plans
You don’t have to be a military spouse for too long to have had the military cancel your plans. Whether it is something small, like a date you had planned, or an appointment you needed them to be with you at, to bigger things such as a deployment changing its dates, or a move being…
How to Survive a Deployment Right After Moving Overseas
Moving overseas is already a lot, but when your spouse deploys soon after, the loneliness can feel overwhelming. These practical tips can help you make a plan, find community, explore your new home, and get through the months apart.
What Military Spouses Want Their Civilian Friends to Know
I saw them every day. I went to school with them. Military kids. I remember driving on base to pick up a friend. I think the gate guards had to call her house to get their okay to let us in. This was pre-9/11 of course. I remember hearing about how my friend’s dad always…
No, The Military Isn’t The Same As Any Other Job; It’s a Unique Way of Life
Military life asks families to adapt in ways most people never see. From deployments and missed milestones to PCS moves and changed plans, this life is not just a job — it is a whole-family experience.
Dealing With Disappointment During Military Life
Have you ever planned a vacation only to have to cancel or reschedule it because military dates changed? Have you ever given birth when your husband was deployed because they simply wouldn’t send him home like you thought they might? Have you ever wanted to be stationed close to home only for your spouse to get…
When Your Spouse Wants To Re-Enlist in the Military and You Don’t Want Them To
It’s almost time for your spouse to re-enlist, decisions have to be made, and you feel like it is time to walk away from military life. However, your spouse does not agree and would love to do 20+ years in the military. What should you do? What can you do? Is it even fair to them…
When There is a Natural Disaster and Your Spouse is Deployed
I have been through my share of earthquakes growing up in California. Fortunately, I was never in any danger from any of them. After moving to the south, I have been through my fair share of tornado warnings, and they have been pretty scary sometimes. The biggest issue we have dealt with when it came…