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.
My husband and I are slowly recovering from the large dent our wedding, PCS, and setting up our first home gave us. That doesn’t mean that my saving mentality should go away though! As the seasons change, I’ve been really loving the idea of dressing our home for the...
It’s finally fall!
While it doesn’t quite feel like fall yet here in the South, I’ve been pretty determined to enjoy each and every moment of the season. Even if it’s 85 degrees.
Dear Mr. Dad: I’m a newly divorced single father. I hear a lot about how children in divorced families have all sorts of behavioral problems, do worse in school, abuse drugs, are depressed and anxious, and on and on. It’s scaring the heck out of me and makes me think that no matter what I do, my kids are doomed. I want to be an amazing dad and give my kids the best possible life. Isn’t there something I can do?
Is it really October? I mean, How is that humanly possible, because I swear, I was just giving thanks for January yesterday.
Nine months of thankfuls down, only three to go. Missed previous months? I’ve got you covered: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, and August.
Fall is my absolute favorite season! I love the smells, the colors ,and the holidays associated with this time of year. Since it’s my favorite, I thought I’d share with you the 31 ways I choose to celebrate fall in October.
We all have busy lives, no matter what we fill them with. There’s a house to take care of, a marriage to tend to, kids to raise, a job or school (or both). Add in the other stuff, the day-to-day humdrum tasks that seem to fill up the rest of our waking hours, and it’s easy to see how we forget Girls’ Time.
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