Tag: military life

It's that time of year again for this Marine Corps Spouse. Our birthday ball is fast approaching and USMC spouses ...

Almost 15 years ago, I said "I Do" to this handsome Marine in dress blues.  We have two beautiful daughters ...

In serious relationships and marriages, we are right there with our spouses when they face difficult times. Whether you simply ...

On a recent summer day, I encountered a handsome man at the airport…one I hadn’t seen in what felt like ...

Ever have those moments in life where you are certain you are failing as a parent? I certainly hope that ...

I am a United States Sailor. Tomorrow I will put on my uniform for the last time. I will lace ...

1. Think twice before driving after those Sake bombs… (Chiyomi Sumida/Stars and Stripes) Aimee Mejia, a 21 year old petty ...

Surviving deployment. It is a skill that we, the military spouse, are always trying to master, it seems. We asked ...

In the sixth grade, I was introduced to a vocabulary that would become a new rhetoric for the world in ...

Military life often seems like an entirely different world and learning the ins and outs means we have all had ...

When I went to first grade, my mom had to bribe me to make friends. She bribed me with the ...

The Deployment Curse. We've all heard about it. Many of us have experienced it. And most of us have even ...

Whether you’re PCSing from one coast to the other, or one country to another, there are some things you can ...

By Erin Whitehead It's not because non-military-affiliated folks don't care, or that they are being insensitive... It's just that they ...

Human nature is quite perplexing. The old saying, “you never recognize a good thing until it’s gone,” seems to be ...

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

Get a few seasoned spouses who are able to laugh at all the crazy, wonderful things we sometimes encounter in ...

Editor's Note: All of the pieces in our confessions series are anonymous.  A few years ago, I was hanging out ...