Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
Self-Care Doesn’t Need to Be Expensive or Time Consuming
We all know that self-care is important. But, the reality is that we’re spouses, parents, co-workers, caregivers, and more. Most of us likely put everyone and their needs in front of their own.
Preparing for Separation—Again
We are military families. Deployments are what we do, especially for the last 15 years, and we know it. We also do TDYs, schools, trainings, and unaccompanied assignments. Plenty of separation.
Some of us do them with grace and class, like my friend who hosted an event for the company she works for with 25 parents and many small children, in her house, which looked spotless. Catered food, a mother’s helper, her hair was perfect, and we had all sorts of fun. All while on the tail-end of her spouse’s deployment, no less. She killed it like the rockstar she is, and everyone had a wonderful time.
The Invisible Scars
Recently, my husband and I began the series Band of Brothers. As I was watching the struggles, laughter, tears, and journey that WWII Army Airborne soldiers went through, it wasn’t difficult to pick up on the representations of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. My husband made an off-handed comment that feeling guilty about coming home after deployments while buddies are still fighting is common.
I began to wonder if he and others around me had suffered from PTSD.
When Contentment Is Hard
Last month I shared this post about saying goodbye to the complaining culture that many of us have become familiar with. I kid you not—it was three days after that post published that I caught myself in an attitude of major discontentment.
I was experiencing some health issues that were absolutely zero fun to deal with, my husband was called into work to handle some unexpected stuff over the weekend (yet again), he spent two half-days home between trainings in the field, and my patience was spent.
I slipped into my old habit of anger and self-pity.
4 Steps to Purchasing a Car the Financially Savvy Way
Buying a car is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make, which is why it’s important to make smart decisions during the selection and purchasing process. We all know that we have to shop around and compare prices when buying a car, but there’s more work that has to be done.
Changes, Challenges, and Overcoming
I gave birth to my son on Feb. 2. It was a mostly relaxed labor as I did not dilly-dally and made sure I quickly got an epidural since I had an induction. After around 24 hours in labor, he was born in the late morning and weighed 6 lbs, 14 ounces. It was fairly surreal going through the whole process.
However, not very long after his birth, while I was still in the hospital, anxiety and the feeling of being overwhelmed quickly consumed me.
The Best Deployment Ever
I bet I know your reaction to my use of “best deployment.” I bet you scoffed or guffawed, saying, there is no such thing.
It’s like saying, “most enjoyable root canal ever” or “greatest day spent at the DMV ever.”
Because let’s be honest, the real “best deployment ever” is probably no deployment at all.
But when you’re married to a service member, we take what we can get. How about we compromise and say that this post is about the second best deployment ever, yes?
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