I’m not going to lie. While most of us have some sort of a guilty pleasure, mine is a good reality show. Cheap sorority girl wine, (white zin, obviously), half-baked Ben and Jerry’s, and a steaming heap of junk TV burning my corneas sounds like a perfect night.
While you may never end up on a show that guarantees you a blue check mark on Instagram, you can make the daily drudgery of military life more exciting by turning your Wednesday into a version of your own.
I know, I know, we’re supposed to be tough, get up, quit complaining. We have so much to be thankful for, right? We’re military spouses, we know the drill. But sometimes things get real. Not that the optimistic side of me isn’t real, because it’s me most of the time. Every now and again, however, those four little words creep out of the dark into my head.
The oldest one got taller
While you’ve been away
She learned to count and say her prayers
She learned that life’s not always fair
That ugly things turn to butterflies
That even mommy sometimes cries
In light of National Military Appreciation month, did you know there are tons of websites dedicated just to military spouses? Not until recently did I start doing research and was overwhelmed with the sites that were out there to support spouses like us who travel, move, support our families, work, and do it all over again.
Don’t panic, just stay organized and follow this weekly guide to make your move a success. This is the ultimate moving checklist. If your moves go like mine, you usually have about two months to get it all together and get yourself moved.
Here is a handy timeframe to help make your moving plans:
As a child, spouse, and parent, the military has and always will give me reasons to cry and frown. It’s natural as a human being to struggle with life-altering decisions made without your consent.
Recently, however, I’ve pondered how we as spouses and parents can teach our friends, families, and children how to find reasons the military makes us smile when we’re feeling down:
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