Give In To Your Guilty Pleasures During Deployment
Don’t you just wish there were some “Deployment Fairy” that would swoop in and take care of all the B.S. ...
Tag: military life
How You Can Easily Take Your Own Holiday Family Photos
So here we are, the dawn of another December. Most of us are far from family, some of which we ...
Don’t Let Your Love for Holiday Food Overshadow Your Love For Those Cooking It
How to stay connected when it’s NOT a major holiday. I remember trips to my grandmother’s house as a kid. ...
5 Reasons I’m Grateful To Be A Military Spouse
It’s almost poetic that here I sit writing this article about the things this Military Life has handed me that ...
5 Legit Things to be Thankful for During Deployment
‘Gasp’ What? There is nothing to be thankful for during deployment. I believe there is truly nothing done in life ...
What I’ve Learned as a Military Spouse Is I Can’t Do It All
Balancing on my crutches, I took an awkward crutch-then-step, as I kicked an empty box across the floor with my ...
25 Ways to Thank Veterans ALL Year Long
Veteran's Day is over for another year. The parade floats are being torn down, the marching bands have moved on ...
The Double Standard of Military Life
I don't think it's news to any of us that women are treated a bit differently than our male counterparts. ...
How You Can Pick Up Your Spouse When They’ve Been Knocked Down
In true end-of-year fashion, it’s natural to find ourselves reminiscing over the previous months. For me, I reflect on my ...
Giving the Gift of Yourself to Help Others
After 9/11, this great country of ours rallied behind the armed forces. Military men and women were stopped in airports, ...
Where Do YOU Stand in the Game of TRICARE Reform Coming in 2018?
“That’s it….I’m switching to STANDARD!” If you haven’t uttered those words yourself at one time or another, you’re probably one ...
13 Reasons Halloween Is Actually The BEST
1. Scary movie binge watching has begun. Is there any better excuse than Halloween (or the entire month of October) ...
How Having My Spouse Gone Has Reignited My Love of Processed Food
Scene: My kid is at play group. I watch her head over to the play kitchen, find the microwave, and ...
Why You Need To Make Mistakes
Being a Pollyanna, seeing the world through rose colored glasses, living on cloud nine. As a generally positive person, I ...
10 Military Ball Etiquette Tips to Practice This Year
On November 10, 1775, the Continental Marines were established. 242 years later, hundreds of thousands of Marines gather to celebrate ...
Life in a Snow Globe
by Alissa Sauer The snow globe is settled. Peaceful. Calm. Routine. He's home. His boots are at the door. His ...
‘Hallelujah Veterans Version’ Written & Performed by Veteran
*Sitting here listening in tears....* This beautiful rendition of Hallelujah Veterans Version is an original piece written by Sailor Jerri, a ...
7 Hacks for When Your Wardrobe Needs a Refresh, But You’re So Broke
From Hellogiggles.com Whenever the weather changes, we get a primal urge to rifle through our closets and do a little ...
