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.
Now that it’s finally starting to get cold here, I want nothing more than to sit on my couch with a mug of hot chocolate, two or three blankets, and a book. With the weather getting nastier, now is the perfect time to really sink your teeth into some good winter reads.
I’ve spent some time reflecting upon the life I’ve known for the past 28 years as a new chapter quickly approaches.
For the last 12 of those 28 years, I’ve gone through life with my husband by my side. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that we were both just 16 when we started dating and we’ve come so far down this road together. I didn’t know then that we would be a military family or that we would live in so many places and one day we would start a family together.
It’s that time of year again. The time when we turn our attention to the coming new year and begin to ponder all we hope to accomplish in it. Goal setting is healthy, even necessary. As Benjamin Franklin said, “He who aims at nothing is bound to hit it.” This is surely true. Waking each morning with a goal or two in mind gives us a sense of purpose, and accomplishing a goal drives us to pursue another.
A blog post for the man who has relentlessly proclaimed he “only wants socks for Christmas.”
We can probably agree that the holidays, and life in general, have become more about ourselves than family or friends. What a sad realization that is. To change that, I’ve compiled a list of values everyone should keep in their heart, not just now, but throughout the new year to make it a year of compassion.
Can we all take a collective, deep, cleansing breath? I don’t know about you, but sometimes the holidays stress me out. Sure, last month I made the vow to switch things up a bit this year for the holidays, transitioning from stressed to blessed, but let’s be honest. Even in a “perfect” world, that would be a tall order, let alone trying to mesh that vision with the craziness that is the life of a military spouse. One of my coping mechanisms for stress is humor. Last year, I shared some Humorous Holiday Hacks here at Army Wife Network.
Apparently, they were well received.
Either way, I have been asked to expand on my “hacks” from last year, adding some fresh ones to the mix.
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