Life
Is It Actually Cheaper to Live on Base? And Other Base Housing Questions Answered
If you are getting ready to relocate with your spouse for their next assignment, one of the first and biggest… Read More
Knead My Broken Heart: A Deployment Poem
I got a massage Just to feel a human’s hands touch my skin. A dog So my spine would touch… Read More
Be a Hopelifter: Things to Say (and Not to Say) to a Grieving Friend
Have you ever walked through a difficult season with a friend, a season that would require you to quietly hold… Read More
One Year After My Military Divorce: I Remember Who I Was Before
What. A. Year! Had someone told me this time last year what was coming, I never would have believed them.… Read More
5 Habits to Build to Stop Settling in Your Life
I second guessed myself at least 10 times any time a promotion rolled around. I wondered if the opportunity belonged… Read More
Hey, Tricare, Keep Your Promise
As a breastfeeding mom, when my provider told me that Tricare would pay for my breast pump AND a small… Read More
5 Ways Being a Milspouse Makes You a Stronger Person
As if women aren’t already strong in every sense of the word, they go and marry a military member and… Read More
To My Emotional Support Animal: Thank You for Saving my Life
Happiness, what a marvelous word. Yet, for some people, that word seems so surreal, so distant. The truth is, I… Read More
Medical Marijuana for Military Families
Interest in the benefits of medical marijuana is on the rise, but the military community faces a unique set of… Read More
10 Crucial Things Military Kids Learn Early in Life
I’m sure you’ve had a conversation with someone and asked, “Where are you from?” and the response was “Everywhere. I’m… Read More