military spouse

11 Toddler Tips for Surviving the Next PCS

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

Is War From the Homefront Sabotaging Military Marriages?

Article and Photo Credit: Besa Pinchotti for NMFA Last night, I attended the D.C. premiere of the new Ethan Hawke-January Jones… Read More

5 Ways OCONUS is Like A TV Show

In the fall of 2014 my husband and I made our first OCONUS move. Around that time we started watching… Read More

0 Days Left: Homecoming

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Cyber Bullying: I Can’t Control What Other People Do

...But I can control my reaction. Recently I was the victim of what can only be described as cyber bullying.… Read More

The Friend Zone

A sad fact of life is that the older we get the harder it is to meet and make new… Read More

3 Ways to Welcome the New Spouse

First comes love…then comes marriage…THEN comes the introduction to the military lifestyle. It’s time to learn a whole new language,… Read More

5 Reasons You Don’t Have Friends

Photo Credit: andthatswhoiam.com Friends, how many of us have them? Friends, ones we can depend on? Yes, that was a… Read More

4 Fitness Trends YOU Can Follow At Home

When you’re taking care of multiple kids, your husband is on deployment or you’re working 40 plus hours a week… Read More

A Family That Stays Together…

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

Be More Than Just a Military Spouse

  There is a list a mile long of the things I wish I had known before becoming a military… Read More

The Forgotten New Year’s Resolutions

Think back to January. I bet you were one of those people who had the best of intentions upon the… Read More

How to Love for Two During Deployment

When a key figure in our lives suddenly disappears for a long period of time how do we actively acknowledge… Read More

Can Career-Minded Military Spouses Be Patriots?

Article previously published at NextGen Milspouse I want to say that having a career as a military spouse has absolutely… Read More

Should We Re-enlist?

It’s a question every active duty member of the military has contemplated at least once in their military career. For… Read More

Military Life Made Me Question My Identity

When I first married my husband, I was very clear about my personal and professional identity, but over time, my… Read More

Judgment Derails Girl Power

I’ve noticed an unfortunate trend in the last couple of years. A trend of judgment and I don’t just mean… Read More

REALLY Good Care Package Tips for Military Spouses

Article Credit: JoMyGosh.com. (Read more here!) Care packages are one of those things that are at the center of deployment… Read More