From Flight School to the Fleet: Things You Need to Know
The platform has been selected. The final check ride was passed. The wings of gold are pinned.
You all have made it: conquered flight school....
How to Support a Mom After Miscarriage
Miscarriage is traumatic and heartbreaking and affects 15 to 20 percent of pregnant women. For many military spouses, miscarriages can occur when their partners are...
Taking on Military Life — What Extended Families Need to Know
For many people, saying “I do” doesn’t automatically mean declaring, “Bye, Felicia” to the rest of your family. Unfortunately, this is kind of a...
Thank You, Military Spouse Sister Wives
It's been several months since you uprooted your little family from a picturesque small town on the East Coast (or wherever) to sunny and...
We Don’t Do Thanksgiving
Military life gives us so much to be thankful for — priceless travel opportunities, a ride-or-die framily, opportunities to remind ourselves just how strong...
The Unmatched Sibling Bond of Military Kids
If there is an upside to packing up and moving around the globe every few years as military families do, it’s this: Those kids...
5 Day Date Ideas with Your Service Member to Take Between...
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Christmas is a hectic time of year. Between Christmas shopping, holiday parties, and unit events, it can often be...
Indivisible — A Military Marriage Built on Faith
Remember back to the first military movie you watched. Maybe it was as a new military spouse; perhaps it was as a kid. Either...
8 Ways to Recover from Your Phone Addiction
Many of us are well aware we have a phone-addiction crisis on our hands. We know the importance of showing up, and we want...
5 Ways to Keep Kids Connected to Grandparents When the Military...
To those living the active-duty military experience, life is typically a revolving door of different homes and environments. And since Grandma and Grandpa can’t...
Positive Thinking: 5 Ways to Create a Positive Mental Attitude
When you live the life of a military spouse, it can sometimes feel like you're in a state of constant upheaval, transition, and unknown...
How to Thrive While Your Spouse Works Nights
The military can come with crazy hours for your spouse — sometimes they work day shifts, and other times your spouse works nights (sometimes all...
5 Military Spouse Conflict Resolution Tips
Turn to the chapter on military spouse conflict resolution in your Military Spouse Handbook. Oh wait... there is no handbook to explain the ups...
Compassion For All Moms
The moment I hit Submit, I felt relief and satisfaction for sharing such a personal story with other moms. I was confident they would...
6 Tips to Rock a Friendsgiving Feast
When you are far from home and missing your family, holidays can be hard. Is it even Thanksgiving if you aren't huddled around the...
Worldschooling with the WildBradburys: Combat Loneliness on the Road
When I set out on this adventure, I was mostly concerned about the children's ability to make friends and feel included in this process....
Teaching Compassion Through Days of Kindness
It's safe to say that parents want to raise kind, considerate, and compassionate children to grow up to be helpful and contributing members of...
Manners for the Modern World
In a world with endless technology, we can text and email with a device literally at our fingertips. There are a plethora of applications...
3 Steps to Help You Digitally Declutter Your Life
Social media and technology have rapidly integrated itself into our lives. In just the last 20 years we have gone from "give it all...
9 Tips for Navigating Deployment with School Age Children
Preparing for a deployment is an emotional and stressful series of events. Trying to navigate the all the stressors of deployment with school age...