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The Most Popular Jo, My Gosh! Military Lifestyle Posts of 2015

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Three years ago, sitting in my apartment writing at 5 AM or 11 PM at night during John’s first deployment, I never would have imagined what Jo, My Gosh! would look like today. Now, as I sit down to write this third yearly round-up of post, I am so excited to see where we’ve come as a community. This year has been insane!

In January and February, you answered a Facebook post of mine to help a high school friend collect handmade Valentines for children at St. Jude’s. Our lovely community sent hundreds and hundreds of handmade cards— it was a landslide of love.

We’ve had wonderful guest bloggers  (including male military spouses!) and care package sharers from all walks of life, all over the globe. We’ve laughed over jokes and videos and memes. We’ve shared homecoming photos and advice with each other. Someone from our community even won a Roomba in November. (If you’re not part of  our Facebook community, you need to be!) And, there’s a new ebook for military spouses and significant others on the horizon. I can’t wait to share that with you, too!

As I look back this year (and truly, every year), I am so thankful for each one of you. You make our community bright, diverse, and interesting. You help to tell our story better, and you are an important part of that story.  Thank you for trusting me, for reading, and for participating. You are always welcome here.

Countdown of the most popular military lifestyle posts in 2015. I missed some of these!

I don’t know what 2016 has in store for us all, but I know it’s going to be more awesome  than 2015. And 2015 was baller.

Here are the most popular Jo, My Gosh! military lifestyle posts from 2015. (They’re in order! The most popular post for the year is at the very bottom ala David Letterman’s Top 10 Countdown.)

How to Apologize During Deployment of a Long Distance Relationship

You know that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach when you get in a fight with someone you can’t hug? Apparently it’s not just me. This post had more than a thousand pins and lots of comments.

 

48 Military Travel Discounts and Free Services

Save some money; bookmark my list of travel discounts and free services you can receive just by being military affiliated.

Tons of money-saving tips and discounts for military travel and vacations! Love this!

 

27 Vintage Photos of Military Couples That Will Melt Your Heart

Need a boost of romantic adrenaline? You’ll want to view these adorable– and sometimes heart-breaking– photos of military couples. (If you’re a fan of World War II, you’re in luck– many of these are from that era!)

Browse through a gallery of vintage photos of military couples. So romantic!

 

Everything You Need for a Brilliant Birthday Care Package

Need to make a birthday care package? There are tons of ideas here that link directly to Pinterest, so you can save until your heart’s content!

Tons of care package ideas, recipes, gifts, and DIYs for a birthday care package. Perfect for military, college students, and missionaries.

 

The Gigantic List of Movies Perfect for Watching During Deployment

These movies are great any time you want to curl up on the couch… but they’re especially perfect for lonely nights. From laughing to crying to sighing, there’s a suggestion for every mood of deployment.

 

 

6 Tips for a Healthy Long Distance Relationship

Being in a long distance relationship is hard, but it can be done. I shared some of the ways John and I kept our LDR healthy and strong during the two years we were apart.

Great tips for a healthy long distance relationship! ldr, milspouse, milso

 

15 Tips for Avoiding Common Care Package Disasters

Don’t put candles next to food… and other tips you probably didn’t know. (I know I didn’t when I started sending care packages.) Avoid the mistakes I made, read this post.

Easy mistakes to avoid (and some I hadn't thought of)! Avoid care package disasters, milspouse, deployment

 

10 Must-Have Apps for Military Spouses

This. Post. Blew. Up. I woke up one morning to thousands of shares of this post– even from one of the wives of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Craziness. If you missed this one, you’ve got to check it out.

 

 

10 Harry Potter Themed Care Packages

I love that my readers love Harry Potter just as much as I do!  (Harry Pottheads, unite!) This post is the second most-popular post from 2015.

 

102+ “Open When” Letter Topics

Who says that letter writing is dead?! This was, hands-down, the most popular post of the year! I was blown away with the response this post received. It’s been pinned tens of thousands of times and every month, more than 40,000 people view it.

 

Happy 2016! May you have a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!

 

 


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