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 ...
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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Preparing for the Unknown
When it comes to preparing for a deployment there are countless resources to go along with those countless situations you ...
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 ...
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 ...
