This year my New Year’s Resolution is no resolution. That’s right, I’m taking back the power people. The thing with...
Read moreI’ll never forget when my husband, Reece, called me from the shared phone at Officer Candidate School with the orders...
Read moreFor the past 8 years or so, my military family has eaten spaghetti every single Wednesday night. My Marine, our...
Read more“We focus so much on our ‘To DO’ list that we don’t celebrate our ‘To DONE’ list.” These words, said...
Read moreBack in September, a Marine I knew from deployment popped up after a couple years. In the military, friends come and...
Read moreWith the ringing in of the New Year, many of us start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Morning talk shows...
Read morePlanners are powerful and there is power in planning. As a mom, I am a forgetter of EVERYTHING. My planner...
Read moreMany of us simply adore the holidays. It can be a time of celebration, reflection, family, friends and beloved traditions....
Read moreI cannot BELIEVE this. This is NOT how it's supposed to be on CHRISTMAS! For the first time ever (and hopefully...
Read moreFrom Jasmine Elias As many of you know, I am a newly inducted Army wife. And one of my welcoming...
Read moreThere are origin stories, legends, and myths surrounding perhaps one of the world’s most well known symbols-Santa Claus. My inquisitive...
Read moreIt’s safe to say that deployment is one of the things spouses like LEAST about being in the military. Our...
Read moreHave you ever said one of these statements to yourself? Every time I’ve signed up to help, I ended up...
Read moreThe holidays may be in full swing, but for some of us it means anything but a Merry Christmas or...
Read moreAs a Navy wife, there’s been a few instances when another woman has asked me what it’s like to live...
Read moreDon’t you just wish there were some “Deployment Fairy” that would swoop in and take care of all the B.S....
Read moreIn the past few years there have been a few major newsworthy breaches in American security. From the Yahoo email...
Read moreIt’s almost poetic that here I sit writing this article about the things this Military Life has handed me that...
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