Pre-parenthood, I coped with my husband’s deployments by treating myself. I hit the Starbucks drive-thru harder. Online shopping and Netflix...
Read moreDetails“When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be...
Read moreDetails“Each year, a few pieces of our child’s future will be stolen yet again." The Davis family knows what it...
Read moreDetails“We’ve got orders!" is the common thread around social media this time of year. What happens when I’m PCSing while...
Read moreDetailsThey say it takes a village, and while I know that the statement refers generally to raising kids, I am...
Read moreDetailsPCS season is soon upon us and for most of us this means one of three things: we’re moving, someone...
Read moreDetailsOver the last few years, the idea of a “staycation” has become a popular alternative to the “traditional” family vacation....
Read moreDetailsI LOVE MY MARINE! Like, seriously. I crave his hugs when he’s gone and I still get girly excited when...
Read moreDetailsI don’t know why it is, but every year around this time I start to turn into a bit of...
Read moreDetailsThe military, statistically, is not positively reflected by the data when analyzing marriage dynamics. Hard as it may be to create,...
Read moreDetailsAs Valentine's Day approaches, military spouses around the world start to reminisce about what it was like when they first...
Read moreDetailsThe day of love is approaching, and it involves chocolates (my FAVE), flowers (oh allergies), and dates with the boo....
Read moreDetailsI had expectations. They weren’t high expectations, but I had a plan anyway! I was going to follow society's rule...
Read moreDetailsValentine's Day is almost here! It's a time when the whole country GUSHES! Sure, we LOVE our spouse! But what...
Read moreDetailsMost, if not all of us, have been there at one point or another… arguing with our partner and frustrated...
Read moreDetailsOur household goods had finally arrived from our recent overseas move after several months of the limbo of extended temporary...
Read moreDetailsI spin around to see who might have seen that token of toddler calming gold drop on the bacteria infested...
Read moreDetailsI hunched forward in my chair, figuring if I made myself seem smaller, no one would notice me or force...
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