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How to Help After Traumatic Brain Injury

How to Help After Traumatic Brain Injury

When you marry a service member, you often get a slew of reactions. Even more reactions come when your beloved deploys or goes TDY. Perhaps the most common is, “You knew what you were getting into.”

No.

No, you didn’t.

You knew you loved a person in uniform and would do just about anything for them.

That’s it.

It’s for that reason, that you don’t know everything that could happen during your military marriage, that there are resources to guide you through the good times, as well as the scary, challenging, and life-altering.

But, what about when your service member leaves the service or retires?

AWTR Show #865: Open When: Letters of Encouragement for Military Spouses

AWTR Show #865: Open When: Letters of Encouragement for Military Spouses

Have you ever written your spouse an “open when” letter? Open when it’s your birthday, open when you miss me, open when it’s a holiday, etc. During one of her husband’s deployments, Lizann Lightfoot thought – who is writing these “open when” letters to military spouses?

Every letter starts off by acknowledging what you’re going through without any judgement. This life is difficult and no one should have to go through it alone. This book is the validation we all need – that someone else is going through, thinking, and/or feeling the same things you are.

Shaving Made Easy with Grooming Lounge

Shaving Made Easy with Grooming Lounge

My husband is a cook in the Army, which means a hit time before the sun comes up on most days.

Because he also values every bit of sleep he can get, he gets everything ready the night before, so to facilitate his streamlined morning routine.

This includes a morning shave.

AWTR Show #864: Brainstorm for Brain Injury

AWTR Show #864: Brainstorm for Brain Injury

Almost 3 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury every year. And most people with brain injuries don’t have any physical signs. When you look normal, people expect you to behave normally. However, TyAnne Crook  and Dr. Judy Gooch from Brainstorm for Brain Injury want you to remember that invisible doesn’t mean imaginary.

The Secret Side of Mental Illness

The Secret Side of Mental Illness

Having a mental illness, such as depression or anxiety, can be accompanied by a host of stigmas that have slowly been accepted by society as more and more individuals are diagnosed. While I’m not saying that having a mental illness is easy, I’m saying having depression and anxiety is slowly becoming accepted in society as part of life.

Travel Light with the Elvie Stride

Travel Light with the Elvie Stride

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Milk N Mamas Baby, which provides new mothers, military spouses, and female service members with breast pump and accessories that are entirely covered by TRICARE. They can even help you get your own Elvie Stride. 

Back in April, Alika Schwartz, paralegal, proud Army spouse, mother of three, and seasoned traveler, shared her travel essentials with Army Wife Network. I loved her idea of hosting a goodbye dinner, and I couldn’t agree more about the necessity of capturing those fun family trip memories with photos. Today, I’d like to add my own suggestion for globetrotting moms: the Elvie Stride wearable breast pump.

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