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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:
The annual Military Lifestyle Survey, from the nonprofit Blue Star Families, is open and taking responses until May 25. But why should you contribute to the survey?
Alas, here we are—the final chapter of our milspouse marriage advice miniseries. (Don’t miss Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3). I’ve waited until the end to share my personal milspouse marriage advice, mainly because patience is a virtue (and as a milspouse, I always need an opportunity to practice that!).
As a child, spouse, and parent, the military has and always will give me reasons to cry and frown. It’s natural as a human being to struggle with life-altering decisions made without your consent.
Recently, however, I’ve pondered how we as spouses and parents can teach our friends, families, and children how to find reasons the military makes us smile when we’re feeling down:
We are about to enter the prime PCS season, which means that some of you may be prepping for a big move, or you may be prepping to say your heartfelt, bitter “see you laters” (because, fortunately, there’s no such thing as “goodbye” in this life).
This is a hard time for a lot of us, especially if we are the ones staying put while the friends around us move on. This time of year always makes me reflect on the gift of military spouse friendships, as a number of my friends are leaving this summer.
As military spouses, of course we know the big perks of military life—highly discounted medical care, free housing, travel opportunities—but sometimes we miss the little perks that make military life so worth living.
When asked about military life, many times we tout the tough stuff like moving, and…moving again, our service member’s work schedule, or long times apart. But if we dig a little deeper, we might find a few nuggets of greatness we often overlook:
Mission: Milspouse is a
501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
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hello@missionmilspouse.org
P.O. Box 641341
El Paso, TX 79904