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 fall is in full swing and the holiday season is imminent, it becomes all too easy for our to-do’s and household chores to pile up like the leaves in the yard. Do you have a strategy for handling the mounting activities and demands?
In October, 2010, my family went through a change—a big one! My mother and father moved in with us.
My parents lived in a small town in the North Carolina mountains where my father ran his own business. He also took care of my mom, who is disabled due to degenerative bone disease. After struggling for two years to keep his small business above water, the bottom finally fell out from under him, and my parents lost their business and their home.
Dear Mr. Dad: Our son is a high-school senior. He’s a good student and wants to go to college next year. Seems odd to be worrying about this already, but there’s no way we can afford to send him to the places he’s looking at. My husband lost his job, I’m working only part time, and we weren’t able to put enough into our son’s college account as we’d hoped. What should we do?
Are you busy? Do you take care of your home, your kids, your spouse, and your car? Do you volunteer? Work a full-time job? Are you involved in organizations? Do you give, give, and then give some more? Do you take the kids from one activity to the next? Are you always there for a friend in need?
When was the last time you took care of yourself?
If your kids are heading back to school soon, here are ten things to consider doing with your time:
I love to hear people who come from struggles and reach unimaginable goals for themselves. I love to watch someone ordinary become something extraordinary. Stories of hard work, in any capacity, tug at my heart strings. I’m a talk show host junkie, so it’s entertaining and inspiring to see someone like Oprah, and her amazing story of going from nothing to Oprah, or Ellen, going from being a small-stage comedian to the large national stage that she entertains today.
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