Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
Tully Talks Storytelling With Siobhan Fallon
I remember reading You Know When the Men Are Gone and thinking, “Dang, this Siobhan Fallon person nailed it.”
The Unwelcome Visitors
I have these annoying visitors that pop in occasionally. They’ve randomly shown up for the last 2.5 years and seem to do so at the most inopportune time. Before you think I am a terrible friend, I’m not talking about actual people.
I’m talking about anxiety and panic attacks.
Have you ever been tortured by those two? I had never dealt with them before in my life. I did have some interaction with them equally as the annoying cousin known as postpartum depression after having both my boys, but never anxiety or panic attacks.
Until one morning in November 2018.
5 Weird Inventions I Secretly Love
It all started when I saw an article about a “weird invention” that was a baby stroller/scooter hybrid. I thought it was brilliant. If I’d had a stroller/scooter when my kids were little tikes, I like to think we would have gone so many places—so much faster.
I’m pretty sure it appealed to me because I recently purchased an adult scooter. Yep. The same thing the kiddos ride around on except bigger.
All because of Rocco. Rocco is my 5-year-old handsome cattle dog who loves to run.
Using School Cancellation to Teach Different Curriculum
In many parts of the country and world, even on military installations, school is closed and likely to be closed for the rest of the school year. Parents and teachers are rightfully concerned that this will lead to a significant regression in learning, resulting in lowered scores on state standardized tests.
However, having kids at home, and for many of you that are now homebound as well, “no school” creates opportunities for enhanced learning, teaching kids things that are not typically taught in school, lifetime lessons and values that will endure long after memorizing multiplication tables.
Now is a good time to teach kids how to set a table. In fact, it is a good time to use the table for family meals and conversation (half of all American families don’t eat meals together).
Ode to the Military Spouse
No oath is recited or spoken
No ceremony for swearing in
Just a passionate and resolute spirit
When the military spouse journey begins
Independent, but always loyal
With an adventurous, adaptable soul
Fear may shake them to their core
But it only helps their courage to grow
Military Spouse Serves as Global Leader
Meet Jill Waters, recently sworn in Military and Family Readiness Council (MFRC) member who is positioned to collaborate, strategize, and meet quarterly in Washington, D.C. for the next two years.
The MFRC is comprised of spouses or parents of service members, higher officials, and service members from each branch of the armed forces to discuss policies, procedures, plans, and initiatives that globally support military families. Meetings are open to the public, and the last meeting of the year holds a vote on which council initiatives to put in place.
News 6 Mashup: May 4, 2020
Here are the top stories for the week of May 4, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• Veterans May Not Receive Full Stimulus Check
* US Military Responds to COVID-19
* Record Coronavirus Experience in Free Time Capsule
* America Strong: Blue Angels, Thunderbirds Salute Health Care Workers
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