Moving to Germany can feel exciting – and overwhelming – at the same time. Whether you’re here on a short TDY/TLA stay or in the middle of a PCS waiting for permanent housing, the first days set the tone for everything that follows. Many spouses arrive asking the same questions: Where do we stay? How…
If your spouse is going to be deployed during the holidays, it can feel like you have been punched in the gut. They will miss out on so much. Putting up the tree, figuring out the gifts, and taking trips to see Santa. When they are deployed, they have to miss all of that. And…
I love a new blanket. They make me so happy! And one of my favorite places to get them is Vera Bradley. I also love to buy purses, wallets, and whatever else I fall in love with when I go to that store. And the best part? Vera Bradley had a military discount! And, you…
Another deployment day has arrived. Big deal, right? Each day drags into the next. One after the other. It can be easy to get stuck in a deployment. To focus on how much time you have left, and what you are missing. But celebrating the small wins can go a long way toward helping you…
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, no one was stirring, except one military spouse. She knew what tonight was but wasn’t feeling the cheer; her husband of 12 years was simply not here. He was serving his country on deployment #4; she simply couldn’t wait until April, when he would walk…
I’d been waiting, waiting so long. Waiting for this deployment to end. Waiting for homecoming. Waiting for the last few hours to see his face. I stand in the cold, with the children by my side. It’s cold but we don’t care. We will be seeing him soon. We stand outside, me and all the…
Raise your hand if you are completely ready for Thanksgiving. Well, you better be, the day is coming up very soon. You probably have a list of 100 things you have to do before the big day, or maybe, you are keeping things rather simple this year. Either way, Thanksgiving weekend can be interesting. Here are…
The holidays are here! You want to be excited, you want to go all-in, but…what do you do when your spouse is deployed? When they are off to some other part of the world too many miles from where you are? What do you do when you just don’t feel like doing Christmas? When you…
He left in November of that year for his 2nd deployment. That meant he was going to miss Christmas that year. We also were not going to be going home as we were in Germany and the idea of traveling with a 2-year-old and 4-year-old over the holidays was a little too much.
To the veterans who served before our time…in wars, we can only imagine having gone through. To the veterans who served while life was changing back at home…when they were not even sure what the future would bring. To the veterans who served even when that meant leaving their loved ones for way too long…unsure…