Tag: military family

The holiday season is always a special time of year for many families. Singing Christmas Carols, decorating the tree, giving ...

Has the pendulum swung too far from face-to-face communication among military spouses? The youngest spouses have been raised on social ...

h/t “TCKs are the prototype citizens of the future.”        -Ted Ward, sociologist, 1984 1. The question where ...

In the words of the great Philosopher-Poet DJ Quik, “If it don’t make dollars, it don’t make sense.” But for ...

Welcome, neighbors! >> (start pinning your ideas on our brand new Pinterest board!) The moving truck is gone; there are ...

Our school-aged children have sent in their teachers’ gifts, signed the yearbooks and dumped the contents of their backpacks onto ...

When a military member gets their DD214 there is a block on it that asks for home of record. It ...

I’m sitting alone, and my thoughts wander back to the people and places which have graced my life. The memories ...

Children, they draw on our walls, poop on our carpet, and give us reason to find beauty in every day. ...

If a regular PCS is challenging, planning and completing a move with toddlers takes it to another level, as a ...

Photo Credit: Blue Franswa Fotografia I am a military spouse—a Navy wife. By not being exposed to anyone in the military ...

My husband and I made the best decision (so far) of his military career in 2014. After returning from an ...

Over the last couple of years, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) have come to the ...

Nothing ever prepares you for parenthood. No amount of “new parent classes.” No matter how many kids you have. No ...

They say when you get married you don’t just get your spouse, you get the whole family. Sometimes that’s a ...

It’s funny how our opinions on certain things change as our life experience shifts. For the majority of my marriage ...

Your orders are in hand (hopefully) and you're slowly marking off the calendar until the movers arrive.  Moving is never ...

The Time We Take For Granted We are all forgetful creatures. Tender moments of love, small reminders of confirmation, and ...