A Navy Spouse Creating Space for Families If you’re a military family, you know how valuable safe and interactive play spaces for children can be. When your spouse works long hours, is deployed, or is away for yet another training, finding places where you and your kids can socialize and relax is invaluable. Colleen, a…
Military life is hard, and it’s okay to say so! When I started my blog in 2009, I did so for a few reasons. I was a bit bored but more than that, I wanted to share what I was going through. I knew I couldn’t be the only military spouse that felt the way…
One of the hot topics in the military spouse world is how we, as military spouses, can chase our dreams during the craziness of military life. There is always a reason not to move forward, and there always seem to be obstacles in our way. But does it have to be this way?
Raising neurodivergent young adults looks different than I expected. From independence and timelines to comparison, worry, and quiet wins, this is what I’m learning as my sons move into adulthood on their own paths.
Military spouse life can put you in survival mode, especially during deployments, solo parenting, and difficult parenting seasons. Looking back on years of deployments, autism diagnoses, mental health struggles, and carrying the family load alone, this post is an honest reflection on what military spouses go through and why support matters.
Kodie’s Military Spouse Spotlight follows her journey from Army brat to Army wife, mother of seven, military spouse creator, and senior enlisted spouse. Her story is about stability, deployments, solo motherhood, military kids, using your voice, and working to create positive change in the Army community.
9 Ways to Stretch Your Budget When Money’s Really Tight There are many reasons why a military family could be on a tight budget. They could be saving for a PCS, paying off debt, or simply hit by the economy, where everything seems to be going up in price. There could be times during military…
Being a National Guard spouse in a non-military community can feel lonely when the people around you don’t fully understand drill weekends, training, deployments, and military life. Ashley shares how honesty, saying yes, answering the text, and attending unit events helped her find her people.
The truth is, you might be a seasoned military spouse, you might have advice to offer and you have definitely been there before, but you are also a human being. You have done this before, deployments aren’t a new thing, and you feel like you have to be strong, for all the new military spouses…
What makes a duty station feel like the worst? Sometimes it’s the location, but often it’s the job market, housing, cost of living, deployments, loneliness, or having to start over again. Here are the common reasons a duty station can feel hard and how military spouses can get through it.