I HATE Surprise Homecomings
I may be in the minority, but I HATE surprise homecomings. Don’t get me wrong, I still cry like a ...
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Please Don’t Feel Sorry For Me, Being a Military Spouse is Not A Terminal Disease
Written by Barbara Bates My husband is deployed. This means I spend a lot of time baking and shopping for ...
Finding Civilian Friends Is Harder Than I Thought
Making friends has never been a challenge for me. Among my siblings, they call me the “outgoing one who always ...
Looking Back at My Milspouse Journey: What I’d Wish I’d Known
It’s now been a couple of years since my husband retired from 31 years of active military service. I was ...
5 Ways a Mentor Can Boost Your Professional Development
By Caitlin Hearle, ACP Are you a military spouse looking to bolster your career? If so, you’re not alone. Nearly ...
Unique, Resilient, Perseverant…Military Spouses Also Serve
Sponsored By Renee Bostick There are more than 600,000 military spouses, of whom more than 90% are women. They are ...
When It’s Time to Focus on Yourself Again
Sponsored By: Caitlin Hearle, American Corporate Partners Jalisa, a 29-year-old U.S. Army spouse from New York, is learning to focus ...
I Don’t Fully Know What I’ve Gotten Myself Into
I said yes… well in the end I said I do. And I knew that I didn’t fully know what ...
Can We Break the Stoic Silence and Advocate for Our Servicemembers Before Disaster Strikes?
On June 17th, 2017 while living abroad in Yokosuka, Japan, I bore witness to the aftermath of one of the ...
20 Lessons I Learned in My 20’s
From chelsealynndavis.com For some, turning 30 is an overwhelming event. We don’t want to reach it yet. We so desperately ...
4 Things I wish I Knew Before Becoming a Military Spouse
By Katelyn N. I was the baby in my family. It was just my brother and me, and he was ...
A Badass Military Spouse
The views expressed in this article are the author's own. Being in the military is hard. I served in the ...
7 Reasons I’m Thankful Even Though I’ll Be Alone on Thanksgiving
I shuffled into the dark kitchen in the early morning, like so many Thanksgivings before in our married life. As ...
The Life of a Reservist Spouse: Living in the Grey Zone
Twenty-five long, traffic-laden miles from the closest military installation and 72 even more congested clicks from the nearest Naval Station, ...
You Know Your Spouse Has Been Deployed Too Long When…
My husband will soon leave on his first deployment... Right now, he comes home almost every night, we sleep in ...
MilSpouse: Life – 10 INNOVATIVE Products to Make Your Military Housing AWESOME
From advice to events to products and services, at Military Spouse we are all about connecting you with the things ...
6 Feelings You Feel as a New Military Spouse
Whether you've had 2 years or 2 months to prepare for your military marriage, you are in for a lot ...
I Need A Village
One week after my husband deployed my little boy amputated the upper portion of his index finger on his dominant ...
