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Why Wait for a PCS to Purge Your Space
We’ve moved about every 2 years for the entirety of my husband’s military career. And now, whether we are facing a PCS or not, I frequently get the itch. You know the one I’m talking about – the itch to redecorate and reorganize. The one that requires me to rip...
Deployment Battle Buddy
Deployments are a challenge and each has different struggles. Almost anyone who has been through one, or half a dozen, knows that.
Our lives often change abruptly, and no matter how much planning has been done, a new and unknown monkey wrench gets thrown into the mix.
When the Going Gets Tough: Part 2
You might recall that last month we kicked off a mini-series about what to do when the going gets tough as a milspouse.
We had such a good time with it that I didn’t want to stop there. So today, I’ll be sharing another one of my personal “coping” tips when things are harder than normal for our military spouse lives. And, of course, we’ll also take another look at some great ideas shared by our AWN followers.
Raising a Military Child
This month, families all over the world are celebrating Month of the Military Child.
It didn’t hit me that I’m raising a military child until the other day when my daughter was admiring a new piece of wall décor I recently purchased. It’s a wooden board that hangs in our living room that reads, “Home is where the Army sends us.”
10 Ways to Make Military Housing Your Own
A big complaint by those living in military housing is the inability to personalize their homes. This is true to an extent, but the options to temporarily tailor the space to your likes are affordable, attractive, and rapidly expanding.
There are some pretty talented and creative milspouses out there who love to share ideas on how to customize military housing. If you aren’t already part of the Facebook groups “White Walls” and “HGTV Followers Military Housing Style,” then make it happen quickly, because the imaginations these folks have are amazing!
When You Become the Parent of a Military Child
A little more than a year ago I had my son—my first child. Not only did I become a mother the moment he was born, he became a military child. I became the parent of a military child.
It isn’t always something you think about, but when the reality of your situation in a military family comes to the forefront of your daily life, it’s hard to ignore.
A Special Thank You, and a Veteran’s Funeral
I’ve been blogging for Army Wife Network for more than three years now, and if you’ve been around these parts for any length of time, you’ve likely heard about my theory as a military spouse to live out the “No-Plan Plan.”
For the most part, the No-Plan Plan pertains to the everyday milspouse stuff—the PCSes, TDYs, deployments, when the service member is coming home, what day they have off, where’ll be going next… You get the point.
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