military parenting
How to Help Our Military Kids Make Friends
Every parent wants their child to make friends. Community is necessary for a quality life, yet it can be challenging… Read More
9 Military Spouses Share Their Top Tips for Solo Parenting
We’ve all been there. Kid one has an ear infection. Kid two is in the throes of the terrible twos.… Read More
Having a Baby Will Change Your Marriage Forever
I read once when I was pregnant that having a baby is like throwing a grenade into the formerly peaceful… Read More
I Battled Postpartum Depression and Found Myself Again
My life as a military spouse consists of the same chaotic rhythms and homesick moments as most. The winds and… Read More
5 Signs Your Child Isn’t Thriving—And What to Do About It
Your child may appear as though they’re thriving. They’re eating dinner with everyone else, making friends on their sports team,… Read More
Military Moms: For the Moments When You Feel Invisible
Two years ago my friend went to England and she brought me some of my very favorite things: chocolate, Jane… Read More
My Last Five Years As A Military Spouse
Teenage love, young military love, the kind that transcends reason, logic, and yet sometimes thrives. So goes my story. The military… Read More
Life at 40 With a Baby, and Another on the Way
My husband and I are expecting our sixth child. And I'm 40. We had always known that we wanted a… Read More
Married But Living the Role of a Single Mother
“Is today Saturday?” I asked myself as I laid in my small twin bed and gazed at the mirror with… Read More
7 Ways To Help Your Child Succeed At School
You are able to help shape your kids into well-educated people. A main problem for many parents is that they do… Read More
Just How Far Does Human Sex Trafficking Reach? It Reached Into My Home
From foreverymom.com, by Scott Jenkins There are people who will stop at nothing to lure your children into sex trafficking.… Read More
9 Disney Songs for Moms to Randomly SING/SCREAM That Fit Our Parenting Moments
FACE IT…If you’re a parent, you know more Disney songs than you care to admit! And whether or not you’ve actually… Read More
Mom’s Hilarious Video Shows The Difference Between Your 1st Pregnancy & All The Rest
From Story of This Life We are cracking up over this all-too-real depiction of your first pregnancy vs. all the… Read More
Shaping Our Shadows: The Power of a Parent
We found ourselves established into a new “old,” routine one month at our new duty station. We dealt with the… Read More
Put some STANK in your Parenting!
Where I come from, when someone does something extra COOL, FUNKY, or with that added UPMH, we turned up our… Read More
We May Be Blended, But We Are A Family
Just after our wedding, a little over two years ago, “his” and “mine” quickly became “ours.” Together, my husband and… Read More
10 Things I’ve Learned From My Military Brats
My daughter wandered into the living room to find me sniffling. "Mom, what's wrong?" I wiped my eyes and blurted,… Read More
An Honest Letter from a Mother Bird in Her Empty Nest
If you would have tapped me on the shoulder in the midst of raising sons while PCSing every 2-3 years and… Read More