Holidays

Creating Our Adventures: Traveling With a Special Needs Child

By Jillian Benfeld, Air Force Spouse Traveling with a child with extra needs takes more preparation, but with some additional… Read 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… Read More

I Must Confess: I Really, Really Hate Halloween

I have a confession to make: I'm a Halloween Scrooge. No, I don't mean I'll be dressing up as some… Read More

This Viral Letter From Santa Helps Military & First Responder Parents

When Stephanie Lynn found out that her husband had to work on Christmas, she came up with a way for her… Read More

How Toys For Tots Impacted My Childhood

I didn’t realize it at the time, but when I was growing up, my family was living somewhere near the… Read More

Finding Joy When You’re Alone During Holiday Deployments

Last Christmas, when my husband was deployed, I thought I was doing a great job staying positive, being strong, and… Read More

Why Christmas Was Almost CANCELLED

I’ll only take 2 seconds to bore you with what you already know or have experienced. We travel. Our kids… Read More

10 Reasons Why Your Elf on the Shelf Didn’t Move Last Night

From Chameleonkids.com We recently received this bulletin that must be widely disseminated to all military kids who may be impacted… Read More

Track Santa’s Journey from the North Pole!

We just love this! You and your kiddos can track Santa's journey from the North Pole! Follow along with live… Read More

12 Days of Christmas Song (for Military Spouses!)

On the first day of Christmas, military life gave to me, PCS orders to Fort Polk. On the second day… Read More