Life

I’m Not Ignoring You. I’m Just Getting By.

Dear Friends and Family, It’s not you. It’s me. No, this isn’t a break up letter, but rather an attempt… Read More

PCS Prep Your Mil-Buddies

PCS season is soon upon us and for most of us this means one of three things: we’re moving, someone… Read More

Meeting the New Mil-Baby for the First Time

By: Marine Spouse Amanda Dodson, Certified DONA Doula Watching my husband leave for a 14-month deployment was one of the… Read More

Dear Newbie: A Letter to My Former Self

Dear Newbie, Yes, I realize how much you despise that term, but you and I need to have a chat.… Read More

Enter to win a copy of The Marquis and I by Ella Quinn

Get swept away by this witty historical romance where the Worthington clan is up to some new antics in the… Read More

The Good and the Bad of Having a Military Dad

Joining the military is an important decision for a young man or woman to make. Everyone has his own reasons… Read More

Don’t Let Your Little Ones Suck the Love From Your Marriage

I LOVE MY MARINE! Like, seriously. I crave his hugs when he’s gone and I still get girly excited when… Read More

Five Truths About Military Marriages

The military, statistically, is not positively reflected by the data when analyzing marriage dynamics. Hard as it may be to create,… Read More

I Was a Teenage MilSpouse…and We Survived!

I had expectations. They weren’t high expectations, but I had a plan anyway! I was going to follow society's rule… Read More

Fed Up: When Military Families Have to Turn to Food Assistance

By  Taylor Miller, Navy spouse and Community Manager at the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore* "Who has… Read More