Surviving deployment. It is a skill that we, the military spouse, are always trying to master, it seems. We asked...
Read moreThe Deployment Curse. We've all heard about it. Many of us have experienced it. And most of us have even...
Read moreWhile talking with a young friend recently, she lamented how little she'd accomplished during the year her husband was deployed....
Read moreHuman nature is quite perplexing. The old saying, “you never recognize a good thing until it’s gone,” seems to be...
Read moreBy Jo My Gosh! Deployment is hard. It’s draining—physically, emotionally, mentally. It’s hard to be separated from your partner and...
Read moreWhew! You did it. The despairingly stomach-churning deployment goodbye is done. You’ve made a serious dent in your Costco-sized tissue...
Read moreI am exceptionally, incredibly, extraordinarily impatient. I have always had problems waiting: summer to arrive, Christmas gifts to be opened,...
Read moreHomecoming is just around the corner. You want to make it a wonderful experience for your service member and your...
Read moreWhen I first fell in love with my now husband, I was bright-eyed about the kind of life the Navy...
Read moreThis is the final countdown… 7 Days… Did I really buy that dress for homecoming!? No. No way! Not happening....
Read moreBy Julia Kysela This year began with a challenge as my husband deployed. I have been lucky enough to have...
Read moreWhen your spouse has been deployed for months and you miss them every day, you can’t wait to put pen...
Read moreWe always have the best of intentions before our spouse leaves for deployment, don’t we? We will make everything perfect...
Read moreWhen I was deployed there was nothing that could compare to hearing “MAIL CALL” and finding a hot pink duct...
Read moreOnce upon a time... ...there lived a military spouse in a brand new town, she carried with her a 4...
Read moreDeployments are stinky and they’re stressful. And with all that stink and stress there’s real danger – for the servicemember...
Read moreWhen it comes to preparing for a deployment there are countless resources to go along with those countless situations you...
Read moreIt’s 10:37 p.m. on a Thursday night. I’m sitting here unshowered with one hand stuck in a large bag of...
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