War. Going to war. Sending your spouse off to go to war. War. It’s a word that military families know well. It is a word that brings up a lot of scary feelings. It is a word that probably feels different based on your experience with it. As we head into 2020, with news of…
Telling our stories is one of the most patriotic ways we as spouses and family members can support our service members. My spouse is active duty Air Force, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve been on edge all month. Ever since our military activity started ramping up earlier this month – it’s a…
The word is that those deploying to the middle east will not be able to bring their laptops or cell phones, at least in some cases. As you can imagine, this has caused quite a lot of drama. The comment section is filled with so many different thoughts on the subject. Some people talk about…
As military spouses, what happens in the world can hit us hard. We wonder what it will mean for the military, what it will mean for our spouse. We just don’t know what will happen and we can get pretty freaked out by it all. Some say this is what our spouses signed up for,…
As we are getting close to the end of this decade, I decided to go into my Shutterfly account and try to organize my photos a bit more. As I was looking through older photos I came across one from Thanksgiving 2012. I think my husband was home, but we got together with a bunch…
The holiday season is here and Christmas is around the corner. Are you ready? I am not, I still have so much to do. But as I am getting everything ready for this year, I am reminded of a Christmas quite a few years ago. My husband had left for Iraq at the end of…
The morning was cold but being that it was December in Tennessee, not a big surprise. When we arrived at the hanger, I knew this would be different than our last deployment, which ended on a hot day in July. Our deployment was over and I only had to wait a few more hours until…
