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