The Military Taught Me How to Survive Summer—Not Enjoy It
Five Ways to Romanticize Your Summer Survival For years, summer felt less like a season and more like a tactical ...
Military Kids Don’t Get “Easy” Summers
Five Ways to Support Your Military Kids Through PCS Season For many military kids, summer doesn’t mean relaxation. It means ...
What the MSOY Town Hall Reminded Me About Showing Up
Some rooms just have a different energy. You walk in and something shifts — the noise level, the posture of ...
Stop Waiting on Orders to Start Living
There's a conversation I've had more times than I can count. It usually starts with a sigh. The kind that ...
How Much Life Insurance Military Families Really Need
Sponsored USAA Life Insurance Company and USAA Life Insurance Company of New York “How much life insurance is enough?” is ...
The Military Raised You Too
When Hannah, our oldest, was five years old, she started kindergarten without her dad. That sentence sounds small when written ...
Top 5 Schools for Military Spouses Using Education Benefits
Military spouses often face a unique challenge when it comes to education: building a career while constantly adapting to moves, ...
How One Spouse Said “Yes” and Made National Wrestling History
Just a few short years ago, Megan Brown had never seen a wrestling match. Today, she is the head coach ...
It’s Your Turn Now: The Myth of Getting Your Life Back After the Military
For twenty years, I heard some version of the same promise. “One day, it will be your turn.” It came ...
You Are NOT the Victim
There is a hard truth that doesn’t get talked about enough in the military spouse community. Sometimes, the problem isn’t ...
Love, Career, and the Long Game No One Warned Us About
How military marriage evolves when plans fall apart and recommitment becomes a choice, not a fantasy. No one really explains ...
New Podcast Alert: Note To Herself
If you are looking for a new podcast, Note To Herself might be the hour of honesty you didn’t know ...
The Version of Me That Didn’t Make It: The Pick-Your-Donuts Theory
Military life teaches many lessons that don’t appear in any welcome packet. One of the most important is learning that ...
Friendship Isn’t Just on Base: Why Local Community Matters More Than You Think
When we move to a new duty station, most of us instinctively look inward. We find the base.We find the ...
“You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup” Is Not a Strategy
I was sitting with a friend who isn’t part of the military community when she said it: “You know… you ...
The CARE Blueprint for Military Life
Growing up doesn’t come with a briefing packet. And neither does becoming a military spouse. No one hands you a ...
What I Stopped Buying (and What I Gained Instead)
There was a point when I realized our home felt heavy. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a crisis. ...
The Identity We Postponed: Who Are You When the Mission Ends?
Before military life, I was a little wild. Not reckless—just alive in a way that didn’t ask for permission. I ...
