Happy people are connected to other people. But if you ask me, happy military people are connected to their dogs, too. In a military family, dogs may have the ability to shape your habits during … [Read more...]
Poll: Should we Turn Off Social Media Downrange?
Like Jacey wrote in her post this morning, social media – Facebook, texting and Skype – can be both a huge blessing and an avenue for awful things that we don’t even want to imagine.But does … [Read more...]
Turn Off Skype, Facebook and Text Downrange?
Turn it off. Turn it all off. After reading about Susan Orellana-Clark actually witnessing her husband’s death in Afghanistan during their weekly Skype date, Facebook readers started suggesting … [Read more...]
YDU: About Guiding Kids Through Deployment?
Why didn't you tell me ...We spouses at home understand the waiting game. We don’t like it. We might not even want to play it. Since we chose to marry our husbands, we’re forced to partner up … [Read more...]
How Do You Feel About Women in Combat?
The topic of women in combat has always been a touchy one. Many feel that while women should be allowed in the military, they do not belong in jobs that place them on the front line. Others believe … [Read more...]
No Bullet Wound in Skype Death
The Army released a statement yesterday saying that there was no bullet wound or visible injury in the death of an Army captain who died downrange while talking to his wife over Skype.Capt. Bruce … [Read more...]
Military Wife Quote: Done Is Better Than Perfect
Something's gotta give during deployment. No lie. No exaggeration. No one person can do everything that a service member and spouse manage to do together when they are home. We spouses all know … [Read more...]
Should You Put Wife Porn in Your Care Package?
We had to laugh over our Care Package Quiz. The most popular item to include in a care package is … “pictures the kids should never ever see.”Instead of pictures of the kids, prepackaged … [Read more...]
The Other Side of Early Redeployment
Sometimes our fantasy scenarios aren’t all they are cracked up to be.A few weeks ago my husband returned from his fifth overseas deployment … three months early. This is the first time this … [Read more...]
Poll: What Goes in a Care Package?
We military spouses love putting together care packages for our servicemembers. We like to get creative. We like to be cutsie. And we really do want to send them stuff that they actually want.But … [Read more...]
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YDU: Leaving My Daughter Would Be So Hard?
It's time. 60 days and I will be going away on my first deployment. It almost seems unreal, as I do not know much information. Typical military, maybe, but it sure is nerve racking. Lucky for me (as … [Read more...]
Spring is Here and I Can Do Anything! Or Maybe Not…
I don't know if it's the fact that Sampson recently departed for another deployment, the unseasonably warm and sunshiny weather, or a combination of the two, but my brain has decided to burst forth … [Read more...]
Military Wife Quotes: “If you bungle raising your children…”
We military spouses spend a lot of time worrying about our children. According to the surveys, the thing military spouses worry about most in military life is how deployment is going to affect kids. … [Read more...]
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Is Neutral Husband a Relationship Genius?
How can staying in neutral be the secret to a great relationship? This would only be true for me if the “neutral” we are referring to is the one on my car. For I am a very bad driver. Maybe … [Read more...]
How To Fly Solo With Kids (And Live To Tell About It)
Every military parent has been there: your spouse is away, you’re hauling your kids on a cross country flight to see their grandparents solo and your 2-year-old decides that now – NOW – is the … [Read more...]
Oh How Habits Change When My Spouse is Away
As a military spouse it is a given there will be times when your significant other is not home. This ranges from boot camp and other schools to deployments and everything in between. Whether your … [Read more...]
Mind Over Matter: How To Lose Weight During Deployment
I woke up on Homecoming day looking like a member of the cast of Veggie Tales—and not the asparagus character. I gained 15 pounds during deployment. I stopped people on the street to tell them I had … [Read more...]
The Milspouse Facelift: Skypoplasti
I harbor the fantasy that I will always look like the fresh-faced girl in the polka-dot dress that my husband remembers waving goodbye to, but real life just doesn’t accommodate that desire and … [Read more...]
