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One of the most important parts of supporting your service member as they serve our country is “holding down the fort” (See also: running a smooth, loving, and supportive home life for you and your family, while keeping all things going in your service member’s absence). Easy peasy, right? Sometimes, not so much.

With this category, we cover everything behind the scenes, such as organization, communication, marriage, parenting, overcoming trials, and just some good ole fashioned humor.

Join us as we embark on figuring out the home-life balance as a milspouse and find ways to thrive and excel! No matter what your life at home looks like, one of our Experience Bloggers or Command Team members has probably been in a similar situation and is here to share their triumphs, lessons, and laughs along the way.

Year of the Bundt

Year of the Bundt

As military spouses, I know many of us are accustomed to moving all. the. time.

You get to a new place, you start to unpack your stuff, and then you open up a box that you haven’t looked at since the beginning of the last move and find a hidden gem in there…

Maybe it’s the butter dish that went missing four years ago, tightly wrapped in packing paper and tucked inside your old microwave (that happened).

Maybe it’s the top screw to your gorgeous bamboo paper towel holder, stuffed inside a trinkets box from when you lived overseas (yep, that also happened).

Maybe it’s your husband’s entire set of West Point beer steins and their glass pitcher, expertly wrapped but boxed in with old college textbooks (you betcha that happened).

Or maybe it’s an old Bundt cake cookbook, one that you’ve never even opened, but your kids find it and start to flip through it, exclaiming over every single recipe.. Well, when that happens, there’s only one thing to be done—you make a pledge then and there to pick out a Bundt and make one per month for an entire year.

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Milspouses, Let’s Talk (and Listen) about Race

Milspouses, Let’s Talk (and Listen) about Race

“See you soon,” I say. I give Andre a kiss and Autumn a high five. They are going on a father-daughter walk around beautiful Fort Leavenworth. Autumn is in the hiking pack (the fatherhood version of a rucksack). It has become a regular activity during COVID-19, giving me the chance to focus without my curious and energetic little lady running around the house. 

I watch them walk down the street and am overcome with both gratitude and a building sense of fear and sadness. This walk, on a military post, will be safe for my black husband and mixed-race daughter.

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How Do We Move Forward?

How Do We Move Forward?

Living overseas has been a real wonder, and I have loved nearly every aspect of it: the diverse cultures, the traditions, the gorgeous landscapes, the history, and don’t get me started on the amazing food!

The country acted quickly with shutting down most things before COVID-19 had a chance to majorly impact Germany. While businesses are slowly (and I mean slowly) opening back up with new rules and regulations, I can’t help but wonder what our remaining time here will be like? 

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These Words Belong Here

These Words Belong Here

You don’t want to hear this from me. Clearly, it isn’t mine to say. I am a white girl trying to write something about racism against black people. I’m writing it because…

I stood in the cemetery with my friend and her mom, visiting a gravesite of someone unknown to me. My friend’s mom is a funny lady. You should hear her joke about ladies selling more than a sandwich.

But, I wasn’t laughing as I stood in the cemetery with my friend and her mom visiting a gravesite of someone unknown to me. I was in shock after my friend’s mom made a comment about “my people.”

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Leading in Quarantine: 4 Do’s and Don’ts

Leading in Quarantine: 4 Do’s and Don’ts

In times of crisis, communication from leadership is crucial to the integrity of the organization and the people in it. Depending in which part of the world you reside, more than likely you have recently been in quarantine for a significant amount of time as we #stayhome in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. Leaders have been called to action and forced to navigate uncharted territories as they adjust to the communication challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we continue to sift through theories and projections for the future, how can leaders sustain momentum as we ask, “How does one lead in quarantine?”

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