9 Long Distance Relationship Hacks You’ll Love
“Dear Jo…” Every week I receive at least one (and usually more) emails from military spouses and significant others who are new to and nervous about long distance relationships… or are exhausted from them. If you have ever been in an LDR (and I’m guessing you have), you know those two emotions very well. Yes, […]
31 Things to Say to a Milspouse Instead of “You Knew What You Were Getting Into”
I was standing in a LOFT dressing room when I heard it for the first time. John and I were engaged and John was deployed. I hadn’t seen him in months. I hadn’t had a phone call from him in months. And I had hit the Deployment Wall that sneaks up on even the best […]
The Relationship Tool Every Military Couple Needs to Check Out
Thanks to Prepare/Enrich for sponsoring this post. All opinions are entirely mine. If there’s one thing that, from the beginning of our relationship, John and I have been able to do, it’s communicate. We started our relationship by sending letters back and forth while John was in boot camp which graduated to hours-long phone calls. We […]
Long Distance Relationship Blues: 4 Spicy Ideas for Your Next Video Call
Thanks to Aislynn Shania, a budding writer, for guest posting today! Email her at [email protected]. For people who live far from their family members, video calling has become their common medium to stay connected with their loved ones constantly and in real-time. Recent developments on mobile technologies have also given users more reasons to stay connected […]
The One Thing I Thought I’d Never Say to My Husband (and Why I’m Glad I Did)
It started like most fights: with something stupid. I don’t even remember what we were upset about. I just remember standing in the kitchen, with a dishtowel in my hand, boiling with anger. John stood across from me and as we argued about whatever our dumb fight was about, one lone thought kept floating to the […]
The Most Popular Jo, My Gosh! Military Lifestyle Posts of 2015
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 […]
5 Tech Hacks for Military Families During the Holidays
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of MSB New Media & Military.com on behalf of Dell. The opinions and text are all mine. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Unless, of course, it’s not. Being a military family often comes with separations that are exacerbated by the emotions of […]
The One Thing a Military Relationship Needs for Survival
I’ve yet to meet a military spouse who hasn’t– at on point or another– wished for better times. It was awesome when he was on shore duty. If only we didn’t have this deployment coming up. We’re just waiting for orders to come through. But really, there is no perfect moment. There is no perfect time. You will […]
5 Sure-Fire Ways to Sabotage Your Military Relationship
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Unilever & Operation in Touch via MSB New Media. The opinions and text are all mine. Military relationships are just like any other relationship, to be very honest. We just have a few other obstacles and circumstances to take into account. Every so often, I […]
