If You Want a Village, Be a Villager: Building Community as a Military Spouse
Military life has a way of teaching us how to start over. Every PCS means learning new roads, finding new ...
How One Military Spouse Kept Her Paid Parental Leave Despite PCS Orders
She Deserved to Rest. We Made Sure She Could. When one of my best employees told me she was pregnant, ...
Is Edelweiss Lodge and Resort Worth It? A Military Family’s Review
Why Military Families Love Edelweiss Lodge and Resort I first heard about Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, the Armed Forces Recreation ...
What Does Self Discipline Look Like While Healing From PTS?
When people hear the word discipline, they often picture military formations, early mornings, strict routines, and pushing through pain. That’s ...
The Freedom We Forgot to Want
The hardest question transition asked me wasn't what I was going to do next. It wasn't about careers, retirement, finances, ...
Mississippi Girls Wrestle on History’s Mat in Washington, D.C.
This June, five Mississippi wrestlers stood in the heart of our nation’s capital, training alongside one of the greatest athletes ...
Why Veterans Are Dropping the d in PTSD
For years, I’ve listened to veterans talk about PTSD. I’ve heard the stories, the struggles, the victories, and the setbacks. ...
Charliemadison Labs: A New Resource for Women Building Businesses in Real Life
For more than a decade, CharlieMadison Originals has been known throughout the military spouse community for creating meaningful jewelry that ...
Boundaries Are Not a Rebellion. They’re a Survival Skill.
Somewhere along the way, boundaries got a bad reputation. They started to sound like rejection. Like distance. Like a quiet ...
Free Ray-Ban Meta AI Smart Glasses Are Coming to Blind Veterans Nationwide
Shared from GIJobs.com Meta and Veteran Organizations Launch One of the Largest Assistive Technology Donations Ever For many veterans living ...
How Do I Shut the Intrusive Thoughts Out to Start Healing?
People think healing starts when the pain disappears. It doesn’t. Healing starts the moment you stop letting every intrusive thought ...
Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room: PTS
Nobody likes talking about it. We’ll slap inspirational quotes on social media. We’ll post reunion videos at airports. We’ll thank ...
The Quiet Identity Crisis of the “Supportive” Spouse
How “supportive” can become erasure if you don’t fill your own cup alongside it. “Supportive” is one of the first ...
What We Learned When the Military Almost Let Him Go
When the plan breaks, you find out what actually matters. There are chapters in military life that no one really ...
What I Wish I Would’ve Known for Our First European Trip with Kids
My family just returned from our first European city break with our two girls, ages 6 and 8. Up to ...
The Summer We Stopped Pretending We Were Fine
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that military spouses know intimately. It’s the kind where your nervous system becomes ...
It’s Not the Location – It’s the People You Meet Along the Way
Recently, a local mum asked me if I miss living in the United States. We’ve been stationed in England for ...
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 ...
