60 Bible Verses About Protection From Danger
Military life brings many worries and concerns. During travel, deployment, and TDYs (trainings), military families often say goodbye to loved ones and worry about their safety for a long period of time. For some military spouses, leaning on religious practices like reading holy texts, praying, or attending worship services, can help to alleviate stress and […]
50+ Questions to Ask Your Spouse Before a Deployment
Deployments are a fact of military life. No matter how long this deployment will be, it’s important to get a few questions cleared up before the buses load or the plane departs. Let’s be honest: deployments are routine but also completely unpredictable. You’ll need to know all the things about all the things because your […]
Ask Your Spouse These Questions Before Homecoming
Hooray! Homecoming is rapidly approaching. But also, homecoming is coming and the world you’ve carefully crafted for survival is about to be rebuilt from the ground up. It’s time to ask serious questions and tackle the tough topics, now, to ensure a smoother reintegration period later. Be honest about your deployment life Truth time: what […]
5 Ways to Sleep Better During Deployment
This post is sponsored by Blue Star Families. All opinions and work are my own. I was exhausted. Days that bled into months of poor sleep, anxious dreams, and bad sleep habits had me on edge and completely played out. I felt like I was in a fog half of the time and prone to […]
How to Argue Constructively When You’re Far Apart
by Meg Flanagan For the first two or so years of my military marriage, my husband and I were not in the same state. For a significant portion, we weren’t even on the same continent. Thanks, deployment! However, we still needed to handle things on the homefront and in our relationship. But how do you […]
How Can I Safely Send Food in the Mail?
Is there anything more lovely than eating food that has been made by someone who loves you, for you? And food can transport us to different times in our lives, with people we love and care about; it can remind us of stories and fond memories; it can make us feel like we’re home, even […]
Can You Send Hand Sanitizer in a Care Package?
I don’t think I’ve thought about hand sanitizer ever in my life as much as I have in the last two months. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, hand sanitizer is all that’s on everyone’s minds. (Okay, okay. People are also thinking about paper towels and toilet paper.) For military families with deployed loved ones, another […]
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 […]
