deployment

35 Ways to Make Homecoming Special

Homecoming is just around the corner. You want to make it a wonderful experience for your service member and your… Read More

15 GIFs Showing What Military Spouses Can’t Live Without

Being a military spouse can be tough sometimes and a smart military spouse knows to accept help when she needs… Read More

My Honest Thoughts the Week Before Homecoming

This is the final countdown… 7 Days… Did I really buy that dress for homecoming!? No. No way! Not happening.… Read More

The 67 Darndest Things That Military Kids Say

April is the Month of the Military Child, and we enjoy celebrating our nation's littlest heroes this month here at… Read More

The Best Tax Tips for Military Spouses in 2020

It's that time of year, again! Tax Season! Whether you're a new military spouse or a seasoned spouse, it never… Read More

Spouses of Deployment: We Are On The Same Voyage

By Julia Kysela This year began with a challenge as my husband deployed. I have been lucky enough to have… Read More

10 Things NOT to Write in a Deployment Letter to Your Spouse

When your spouse has been deployed for months and you miss them every day, you can’t wait to put pen… Read More

5 Things to Remember During a Deployment Fight

We always have the best of intentions before our spouse leaves for deployment, don’t we? We will make everything perfect… Read More

8 Deployment Care Package Ideas to Make You the Best Spouse Ever

When I was deployed there was nothing that could compare to hearing “MAIL CALL” and finding a hot pink duct… Read More

The Long, Long Weeks of Deployment…

Once upon a time... ...there lived a military spouse in a brand new town, she carried with her a 4… Read More

6 Genius Home & Personal Safety Tips During Deployment

Deployments are stinky and they’re stressful. And with all that stink and stress there’s real danger – for the servicemember… Read More

7 Ways to Expect the Unexpected During Your Next PCS

The term “PCS” is just shy of being a "four-letter word" to a military family. You learn quickly to expect… Read More

Little girl interrupts deployment ceremony for the best reason

When coming home from an 8-month deployment, all eyes are usually on the returning soldiers. You expect for there to… Read More

The Day Men in Uniform Came to Notify Me

Article by: Nancy Weaver, Gold Star Spouse Editors Note: Gold Star Spouse Day is on April 5th to allow America… Read More

3 Unbelievable Stories: Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong

Misery loves company, at least that’s what “they,” say, but as military spouses perhaps we just like to know that… Read More

Preparing for the Unknown

When it comes to preparing for a deployment there are countless resources to go along with those countless situations you… Read More

5 Ways to Readjust Expectations During Deployment

It’s 10:37 p.m. on a Thursday night. I’m sitting here unshowered with one hand stuck in a large bag of… Read More

We Are A Village

Several summers ago, my four-year-old daughter decided that it would be the best idea EVER to jump off of our… Read More