Doing the Distance with Daddy
By Samantha Boyer-Hanks, from What Matters First April is the month of the military child, so it’s rather ironic and ...
Tag: dealing with deployment
I’m Not Ignoring You. I’m Just Getting By.
Dear Friends and Family, It’s not you. It’s me. No, this isn’t a break up letter, but rather an attempt ...
Military Spouse Life: A Difficult Challenge Worth Accepting
The Challenges of Deployment and Beyond Deployment can be a nerve-racking experience for military spouses and their family members. The ...
My Spouse Deployed and I Hiked the Entire Appalachian Trail
When I set off from Amicalola Falls in northern Georgia on March 15, 2013, I had estimated it would only ...
Male Spouse Perspective: Coping with Deployment
“I can hit a kid in the chest with a PBJ, going 70, from the front seat of a minivan ...
7 Ways to Apologize During Deployment
Article Credit: JoMyGosh.com I hate being upset with John. Even now, living in the same apartment, I absolutely hate arguing with ...
The Year I Watched Gilmore Girls and Learned Just To Be ME
While talking with a young friend recently, she lamented how little she'd accomplished during the year her husband was deployed. ...
How to Survive Deployment When You Have Nothing Left to Give
By Jo My Gosh! Deployment is hard. It’s draining—physically, emotionally, mentally. It’s hard to be separated from your partner and ...
