Dating a Military Man: What You Should Know First
When I first started dating my husband, his military affiliation was the furthest thing from my mind. Eventually, however, the reality of being intimately (ahem) connected to a military man moved into focus. I had questions: How will the military affect your love life? How much time will you be able to spend together? How […]
The Encouragement Every Military Spouse Needs
Lizann Lightfoot is the writer behind The Seasoned Spouse and is guest posting today! Many military spouses and significant others have written “Open When” letters for their service member before a deployment or a long-distance part of their relationship. An Open When letter is written for a specific moment or event, then sealed in an […]
Here’s a New, Legit Way Military Spouses Can Make Money Anywhere
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Shake. All opinions are 100% mine. When I married John, I was giving up a career that I had worked hard to establish. I was a teacher. I had a master’s in teaching and a lot of experience that suddenly… seemed like it had […]
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. […]
5 Care Package Alternatives During Quarantine
Fact: I never had to deal with deployment during a quarantine and a world-wide pandemic. Another fact: No one has since World War I. Unless you’re 100 years old, you’ve never done this either. We’re all flying blind. And that’s a little scary as we try to navigate what all of this is and what […]
How to Make Video Chats (Actually!) Fun
This is an unsponsored guest post. Hi, my name is Alex and I am one of the founders of pop.in. What is pop.in, you may ask? Pop.in is an app that brings friends, family, and loved ones together, from as near as down the street or as far away as around the globe, to play […]
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 […]
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 […]
10 Resources for Military Families Worried About Coronavirus
Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is taking the world by storm. Starting in Wuhan, China and spreading outward, the virus has been carried from country to country, person to person. As of this writing, the World Health Organization has not yet listed the coronavirus as a pandemic, it’s likely that more people will get sick around our […]
