Desperately Seeking Friends
As a military spouse, we know what it's like to arrive to a new town and have to make new ...
Homecoming Fantasy
Back in May when my husband deployed, I was as ready as I could be to deal with it. It ...
Well, At Least I Didn’t PAINT!
(Photo credits: Teri Lathrop) Help!! I need to lose 10lbs, and look smokin' hot in one and a half days!!! ...
Home School and the Military – A Perfect Pair
(Photo credits by: Photo Pin) Flexibility, an adjective, meaning "capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent" (dictionary.com) I ...
How I Know My Husband is REALLY Home
No, it's not because we just had a Hallmark movie worthy reunion scene in the airport after a weeks or ...
10 Things to Do With Leftover Halloween Candy
One of the things that continues to amaze me is how much candy both children accumulate over the weeks leading ...
That’s Not Romeo
(Photo Credits by: Photo Pin) The deployment was a long one. What had originally been scheduled as five and a ...
What Community Means to Me – Growing Up In a Small Town
(Photo Credits by: Tricia Ross and Photo Pin) Say what you want about growing up in a small town, but ...
Cookbooks and Combat Boots – Cooking For One During Deployment
(Photo credits: Olivia Smith and Photo Pin) Cooking for one while your spouse is deployed is a challenging task. The ...
Mommy Wars
Photo Credit: mommyish.com On my next birthday, I will be thirty years old. (Let's not talk about that too much ...
Dear Sally – Should I Tell Him Everything?
(Have a question for Sally? Email her at [email protected]) Dear Sally, My husband is about half way through his first ...
Recognizing Suicide Risk and How To Respond
September is designated in the U.S. as National Suicide Prevention Month, in conjunction with World Suicide Prevention Day, which falls ...
Discipline in the Laundry Room
(Photo credits: Photo Pin) I am pretty sure that if you looked up the word defiant in the dictionary, Cailin ...
I Needed a Good Cry
(photo credits: photo pin) I just finished watching the ceremony at Andrews where the bodies of four Americans, Old Glory ...
Can We Do Better?
Update Feb. 19, 2014: When I first wrote this article, charges had been filed against Tiffany Klapheke for severe neglect ...
10 Creative Ways to Say I Love You From the Homefront
One of the challenges of deployment as a spouse is finding a creative way to express how much you miss ...
Our Landscape Has Changed
(photo credits: photo pin) 11 years have now passed since the morning we all watched in disbelief as we were ...
A Note To My Younger Self
It's probably a good thing I had no idea what I was getting into twenty-four years ago when I fell ...
