The Story Behind My Grandma’s Amazing Christmas Cookie Recipes
See inside the December issue of Military Spouse Magazine! When I think about the holiday season, vivid memories of my ...
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The One Where They Miss Thanksgiving…Again: A Military Holiday Special
As spouses, we have all experienced holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, and milestones without our military partner. We have to adapt and ...
How to Overcome Sticky-Situations with Extended Family During the Holidays as a Military Family
Holidays are a great time to see distant relatives, but can also lead to huge headaches. The biggest thing to ...
12 Things NOT to Say to a Military Spouse During the Holidays
1: Well, at least you don’t have to get him/her a gift right away. I’m sorry, what? I will more ...
How to Survive the Holidays Alone During Deployment
"It looks like I’ll be deployed over the holidays and won’t be back until after the new year." As I ...
(Don’t Do This!) 5 Mistakes Military Spouses Should Avoid this Holiday Season
Ho-ho-ho! The holidays are now in full swing. And you plan to rock-rock-rock it! But wait.... ...it can be stressful ...
10 Best Things About the Holidays in GIFS
The holidays are without a doubt, the best time of year. It’s almost like that nip in the air this ...
I Still Believe In Santa Claus
There are origin stories, legends, and myths surrounding perhaps one of the world’s most well known symbols-Santa Claus. My inquisitive ...
An Honest Military Spouse Christmas Poem for You
The holidays started as most of them do, With chaos and frenzy and Murphy’s Law too. ~ Shopping and cooking ...
8 Ways To Deal When The Holidays Just Aren’t Merry for You
The holidays may be in full swing, but for some of us it means anything but a Merry Christmas or ...
Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Operation Homefront are Inviting You to “Be a Giver”
By Marisa Ballard The holidays are a great time to spend time with your loved ones, and it also happens ...
8 Ways Not To Go Crazy When You Host Thanksgiving Dinner
The holiday season is upon us and if you’re anything like my family and I, each year you say you ...
13 Things You Never Knew About Halloween
Originally from BusinessInsider.com Halloween is the spookiest night of the year, when spirits wander the earth freely and children wander ...
7 New Year’s Resolutions I Promise I’ll Never Even Start
I really dig this time of year. And by dig, I definitely mean that I really dig myself into a ...
5 Ways to Stay Positive While You’re Alone This Christmas
Deployments always have their hard moments, but they can feel especially challenging during the holiday season. It can be difficult ...
2016 National Wreaths Across America – Arlington National Cemetery
Wreaths Across American just reached their goal of 245,000 wreaths for Arlington Cemetery (read more here!) Now you can join ...
Mud, Miracle Grow, and No Thanksgiving Turkey
I'm sorry, did you say mud and Miracle Grow are NOT good with a Turkey? Sigh. Apparently, Mud and Miracle ...
10 Unconventional Ways to Survive Holiday Madness
Let’s get this straight. “Surviving holiday madness” really means, in my overly unbiased opinion, to avoid it altogether. So, here ...
