Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
The Gift of a Friend
In my nine years of being a military spouse, I’ve come to believe that the greatest gift I’ve ever received as a part of this community actually came in the form of a person.
100 Ways You Might Be A MilSpouse: Part 2
Are you ready for Part Two of this series? Get ready to laugh. (And don’t fear if you missed the first half… Just click here to get caught up.)
How to Talk to a Friend Struggling with Infertility
I debated sharing this post for quite some time, not because I felt I needed to keep my infertility a secret, but because I wasn’t confident I wanted complete strangers to know such private details.
However, one of the struggles women and men face when they receive a diagnosis of infertility is a lack of strong community to lift them up. You can’t receive loving support if you hide in isolation; you have to share your struggle in order to get what you need.
The Pros and Cons of Living with In-Laws
When military spouses are faced with a long separation from their service member, either due to deployments or training, we then have to decide whether to stay at the duty station or move home with family.
For the first three deployments, I remained at the duty station, even when my daughter (Avalyn) was born and a week later my husband, Alan, deployed to South Korea. But when my husband both received a transition MOS and a new duty station, I was given the decision to remain in Fairbanks, Alaska, or move home with family in Ohio. This time I took the leap and moved Avalyn and myself home while we wait for Alan to finish school.
Pregnancy Loss and the Military Spouse
Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth—there are difficult subjects to talk about and even more difficult to endure.
Statistically, one in four women will suffer pregnancy loss. That translates into one in four dads and one in four families that have experienced the loss of a baby—and one in four military families.
The military doesn’t shield us from this sad statistic. Pregnancy loss touches the lives of nearly everyone we encounter each day in one way or another.
Expect the Unexpected
Life is funny sometimes. You assume one thing and end up with something entirely unexpected.
You would think after being a military spouse for more than eight years and dealing with the military for close to 11 years, I would know better than to think that things would ever go the way I expected they would.
My Journey to Embracing the No-Plan Plan
If you ever meet me, you will know in about the first 14 seconds that I am a planner.
Most of the time, that’s a good thing. I get stuff done in the most efficient way possible.
But occasionally, it gets me in a bit of trouble and causes some stress in my life. Especially as milspouse.
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