Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
Our Deep Bonds Have Deep Roots
One of the best parts of life as a military spouse is the deep bonds of friendship that form between spouses.
Expanding Our Family
We welcomed our second child at the beginning of March, expanding our family by one more. I found my experience to be vastly different this time around than with my first son. It’s been interesting to reflect on both situations.
Fight for You
There’s one phrase I heard thousands of times growing up: “Stop fighting with your sister!” My younger sister and I were 18 months apart and as different as night and day. This apparently is the perfect recipe for near-constant fight-like-cats-and-dogs conflict.
Away: A Deployment Poem
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
5 Resources Every New Milspouse Should Know About
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.
10 Teacher Appreciation Gifts to Knock Their Socks Off
My dad was a teacher for 39 years before he retired. He taught fourth grade for the majority of his career but also taught fifth through eighth grades.
Growing up with a parent who was a teacher didn’t have many perks. When he was my fourth grade teacher, he made me bring home field trip permission slips for my mom to sign. He also knew my weaknesses and challenged me, arguably more than the other students.
When the janitor quit mid-year, my dad picked up the after-school clean-up, which meant my sisters and I also became janitors so we could all get home more quickly.
Find Joy in Your PCS by Dancing in the Rain
Not proud of my mindset, I began preparing for our 13th move while still unpacking from the 12th.
I was in the garage unwrapping pictures I never bothered to unpack from the last move (just a mere 10 months ago), and I was feeling a little overwhelmed and a whole lot irritated. After unwrapping a few items that resulted in instant remorse for not trashing them at the last duty station, I came across a small wooden sign that read:
Mission: Milspouse is a
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Contact:
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El Paso, TX 79904