Life

If you are looking for a new podcast, Note To Herself might be the hour of honesty you didn’t know...

Military life teaches many lessons that don’t appear in any welcome packet. One of the most important is learning that...

When we move to a new duty station, most of us instinctively look inward. We find the base.We find the...

I was sitting with a friend who isn’t part of the military community when she said it: “You know… you...

Growing up doesn’t come with a briefing packet. And neither does becoming a military spouse. No one hands you a...

There was a point when I realized our home felt heavy. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a crisis....

Before military life, I was a little wild. Not reckless—just alive in a way that didn’t ask for permission. I...

I have always been the one who holds it together. When things go bad, I don’t panic. I don’t fall...

Military families get very good at starting over. New town.New house.New schools.New doctors.New grocery store.New church.New friends. And if you’re...

Military spouses are strong. We move across the country with little warning. We hold families together during deployments. We learn...

We woke up to the three letter word that changes everything in our community. War. Breaking News begins the cycle...

I am not here to tell you what to do. I’m here because I’ve lived long enough in military life...

My family has PCSed to the UK on two separate occasions. You would think that we would have known what...

I’ve always believed that unique was a good quality, one to be sought after. Following your own heart and desires,...

Advocating for yourself is not something most veterans were trained to do. We were trained to complete the mission. We...

For a long time, I thought I was burned out. That seemed like the most reasonable explanation. Military life is...

There’s a phrase that floats around military communities like a badge of honor. Military spouses are “resilient.” We say it...

No one prepares you for the grief of military friendship. It feels dramatic to say you’re grieving someone who isn’t...