Life

Sometimes We Are Just Not Okay…and That’s Okay

Sometimes, I’m not okay. I’m not ashamed or afraid to admit it. Too often, when we struggle – and I mean… Read More

Adoption 101: The Breakdown of Resources

This is the third installment in my series on adoption for military families. In the first installment, we talked about… Read More

Everything You Need to Know about the Government Shutdown

Last Friday at midnight, barring an agreement between the Republican and Democratic parties in Congress, the United States government effectively… Read More

Do you have…the itch to move?

This morning, I walked back into my house with the dog and felt a familiar yearning in the pit of… Read More

Spouse Confessions: I Am Weary

Editors Note:  This piece was incredibly difficult for the writer to finish. In fact, they almost decided not to submit… Read More

12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers

Travel and accommodations were provided by Warner Bros. Pictures. 12 Strong, from Warner Bros. Pictures, will release on January 19,… Read More

Post-deployment: The Expectations, the Reality, and the Growth

They’re home. After days, weeks, months, or years of paper chains, calendar cross-offs, or your 400th empty diet Dr. Pepper… Read More

Life at 40 With a Baby, and Another on the Way

My husband and I are expecting our sixth child. And I'm 40. We had always known that we wanted a… Read More

Start an Electronics Revolution!

You have heard every warning in the book: Television rots your brain. Tablets interfere with speech development. Video games lead… Read More

4 Things About MilSpouse Life That Makes Our Civilian Friends Think We’re Nuts

I think it’s pretty fair to say that military life -- and all the kooky, crazy, little nuances that come… Read More