Life

Funny story: I live in the desert. We weren't *supposed* to be here. When my husband got selected for school...

While talking with a young friend recently, she lamented how little she'd accomplished during the year her husband was deployed....

From vabeachlawgroup.com "Combo spoiler alert and disclaimer: a Virginia landlord-tenant lawyer is writing this. I know that my profession gives me...

Human nature is quite perplexing. The old saying, “you never recognize a good thing until it’s gone,” seems to be...

Last year, our family had the most magical Christmas: the blankets of fresh snow, bright lights and merry songs filling...

There has been so much death lately. There is war and so many of the people we know and love are...

Dear Dad, Today is Father’s Day. It’s a day we are supposed to spoil our dads, or the men who...

By Jo My Gosh! Deployment is hard. It’s draining—physically, emotionally, mentally. It’s hard to be separated from your partner and...

Whew! You did it. The despairingly stomach-churning deployment goodbye is done. You’ve made a serious dent in your Costco-sized tissue...

Get a few seasoned spouses who are able to laugh at all the crazy, wonderful things we sometimes encounter in...

I can remember being in high school and thinking “Yeah, maybe I’ll have kids someday. It’s what grown-ups do.” By...

Our Story Daughter. Aunt. Friend. Wife. Sister. Dog Momma. LGBT Military Spouse. These are all words that describe me. Each...

Editor's Note: All of the pieces in our confessions series are anonymous.  A few years ago, I was hanging out...

In loving memory of Caeli Von Donk Black.  One year ago today, on Saturday, June 6th 2015,  Lt. Colonel Caeli...

Once someone we love has served in the military, we are family. – Tyra Manning  Military life is rife with...

When I decided to enlist in the Navy I didn’t give much thought to what it would be like to...

In so many ways, military families are no different than our civilian family counterparts. We all have to get up...

My family PCS’d to our new duty station 10 months ago. It wasn’t our first move, nor our second. It...