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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… Read More

Dear Sally – Should I Tell Him Everything?

(Have a question for Sally? Email her at SallySpouse@milspouse.com) Dear Sally, My husband is about half way through his first… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Can We Do Better?

Update Feb. 19, 2014: When I first wrote this article, charges had been filed against Tiffany Klapheke for severe neglect… Read More

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… Read More

Our Landscape Has Changed

(photo credits: photo pin) 11 years have now passed since the morning we all watched in disbelief as we were… Read More

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… Read More

Top 5 Tips For Living Overseas

Being a newlywed, I had no idea what to expect when my husband was given orders to Italy. At the… Read More

Dear Ready to Enlist – Please Seek the Advice of an Attorney

Have a question for Sally? Email her at sallyspouse@milspouse.com Dear Sally, I am 33 years old and have two girls… Read More