6 Things You Can Do to Prep for Your Pandemic PCS
by Meg Flanagan We’re headed into a PCS season like no other ever before. Seriously, we’re about to move in the middle of an actual pandemic. So, that’s cool. On top of all the normal PCS things we do for a move, we’re also all on high alert for germs. Getting set for this year’s […]
How to Grow Your Military Family’s Capacity for Empathy
by Meg Flanagan Before March, so many of us were rushing around, blinders on, just trying to do all the things all day long. Then the whole world hit pause, hunkering down during the pandemic. Suddenly, we’re all moving forward in slow motion. Right now is the perfect time to build empathy skills! As we […]
11 Tips to Handle Surprise Deployment Extensions Like a Pro
Oh, man! That countdown was getting so, so, so close to zero. And then you’re hit with an unexpected deployment extension. Like you weren’t just barely hanging on to your sanity already. No, you’re getting the military spouse gauntlet: surviving an extra undetermined amount of time before homecoming is even tentatively scheduled. Cool. Everything’s fine. […]
Here’s How to Give Your MilKids Closure This School Year
by Meg Flanagan When I walked out of my school on March 12, I had zero inklings that it would be my last day teaching for the school year. My teaching table is still covered with lessons for the week on March 16. Everything is neatly organized by group and topic, collated and stapled. Ready […]
Here’s How to Deal with Long or Extended Deployments
by Meg Flanagan I’ve been around the military since way back 2008, right when the big Afghanistan troop surge was getting ready to kick off. Right when a lot of units and individual troops were staring down 9-16 month deployments on a regular basis. Long deployments suck. Really and truly they are awful. But you […]
22 Easy Ways to Keep Military Kids Occupied During Lockdown
by Meg Flanagan It’s been 84 years since we first entered self-isolation. Or at least that’s how it feels. Already, my kids have burned through all the things I panic-purchased just prior this whole isolation thing kicked off. In my naivete, I thought that, surely, to young kids can’t possibly finish through 17 workbooks, several […]
Do I Really Need to Teach My Military Child During the School Shut Down?
by Meg Flanagan Kids are loving this super-extended break from “traditional” school. No alarms or homework? Yes, please! Parents? Not so much. We still have our jobs to do, albeit remotely, while also having children home 24/7. Right now, you’re probably missing the battles over homework just as much as I am. Ah… the good […]
11 Emails to Send During the Pandemic Shutdown
by Meg Flanagan You’re stuck at home and this pandemic stuff is getting really real. Social isolation is, well, isolating and lonely. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something pleasant and kind pop into your inbox every so often? We thought so, too! Snail mail seems kind of icky right now, what with all the […]
When Military Life Breaks Your Heart
by Meg Flanagan If there is one thing that’s certain about military life, it’s that, at some point, your heart is going to be broken. And not just once. Military life just keeps on breaking your heart, over and over again. I still vividly remember my first military heartbreak: My then-boyfriend had finally earned one […]
How to Deal with Military Life Uncertainty During a Pandemic
by Meg Flanagan Movers were scheduled. Homecoming photographers were booked. Spring break was totally on track. Until basically the whole world shut down and everything stopped. Right now, everything is really up in the air and no one quite seems what’s happening next. Sounds kind of like military life all the time, huh? But this […]
