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Fast fact: Our blog will publish it’s 3000th (yes, you read that right!) blog post in 2023. All of the content is brought to you by empowered experience volunteer bloggers and insightful expert bloggers. You name a topic that a military spouse or organization could write about, we’ve probably got it. Current topics include PCS, deployment, parenting, finances, solidarity, humor, milspouse experiences, expert advice, and more. And if you don’t find what you’re looking for, you can always join us as a blogger to share your story!

Summer Camp: Military Style

by Retired Blogger | Jul 1, 2010 | Blog, Experience, Household 6

The summer sun is bearing down, and we are definitely feeling the heat! At the Crooks house, summer is full of front yard play, complete with sprinklers and snow cones. This summer, though, as I looked across my front lawn, I saw the most peculiar sight: Through the drops of water and sticky syrup, all of the neighborhood children were playing “Army.” It made me laugh (in the civilian world, no one would have understood their madness), and then I was inspired to find more ways to encourage their creative play.

I am An Army Wife

by Retired Blogger | Jun 18, 2010 | Blog, Experience, Military Life

I am an Army wife, a member of that sisterhood of women who have had the courage to watch their men go into battle and the strength to survive until their return. Our sorority knows no rank, for we earn our membership with a marriage license, traveling over miles or over nations to begin a new life with our soldier-husbands. Within days, we turn a barren, echoing building into a home, and though our quarters are inevitably white-walled and unpapered, we decorate with the treasures of our travels, for we shop the markets of the globe.

Happy Anniversary, AWN: Let’s Have Cake!

by Retired Blogger | Apr 19, 2010 | Blog, Care Packages, Experience, Household 6

We’re celebrating our AWNiversary, so why not join us? Here are two easy cakes you can make, one to mail to your deployed service member and one to make just for you.

Fonder Heart, Crazier Brain?

by Retired Blogger | Feb 7, 2010 | Blog, Deployment, Experience

Yesterday afternoon, I stopped at the commissary to grab some things, when I found myself in the health and beauty aisle. Without thinking, I grabbed my husband’s brand of body wash, popped it open, and inhaled deeply. The next thing I knew, I was clutching that bottle with tears running down my face. I rushed out of the aisle and quickly paid for my purchases.

Disaster Preparedness: Sick Mommy Kit

by Retired Blogger | Jan 18, 2010 | Blog, Deployment, Experience, Household 6

There’s hurricane season, tornado season, blizzard season, the list goes on. We are blasted with reminders everywhere, especially within our military communities.