Tag: military family

The morning was cold and not just in respects to the temperature outdoors, but in conjunction with the trepidation I ...

Whew! You did it. The despairingly stomach-churning deployment goodbye is done. You’ve made a serious dent in your Costco-sized tissue ...

I had been a military spouse for two years when I found myself standing in front of a large group ...

When I decided to enlist in the Navy I didn’t give much thought to what it would be like to ...

In so many ways, military families are no different than our civilian family counterparts. We all have to get up ...

Article originally published in The Atlantic. The military health-care system serves 2 million children, but there are only a handful ...

I always mentally replay the scene in Grey’s Anatomy when Christina leaves Meredith to venture to her new home half ...

April is the month of the military child. All month articles have been showing up on my news feed talking ...

When I first fell in love with my now husband, I was bright-eyed about the kind of life the Navy ...

I have a tendency to overthink everything I do- but there’s one area of my life that time, war, and collected ...

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

Last May, my husband and I attended the annual Military Ball. My daughter, who is three years old, was beyond ...

Every Monday I willingly submit to put myself through my own personal version of Hell….grocery shopping. This particular trip proved ...

The National Military Family Association recently announced that applications for Operation Purple Camps are now OPEN! WHAT IT IS: Operation ...

Photo: Prince William County PD Twitter Four lives were forever changed on Saturday, February 27, when our military community was rocked ...

Supporting both the academic and emotional side is the next best thing to having parental super powers. It’s the first ...

We are High School sweethearts who have tried for a family but to no avail. Now we are going to ...

Dear Mindy, I read your “scared sick” column and I have to ask: What about the family/hometown piece of military ...