Oh… Military Life! This is likely what brought you to Mission: Milspouse in the first place. It is what binds the military community together with its wildly unique lifestyle.
Whether you are here to learn how to better live in this military life, how to support a loved one who is living the military lifestyle, or to see if this lifestyle is something you may like to be a part of, you have come to the right place.
Here at Mission: Milispouse the military lifestyle is what inspires us, drives our home lives, our moves, and our service member’s career, and gives us a camaraderie like no other. So welcome friend, take a seat and read more about all things that make us who we are and make the military lifestyle a life like no other!
This life isn’t an easy one. As military spouses, we’ve given up a lot of opportunities in exchange for marrying a service member.
We’ve sacrificed our careers, our roots, time away from our extended families, consistency, and the ability to plan, while accepting the job of solo-parent and helpmate and harnessing the burden of household duties on our own shoulders.
To the struggling military spouse, we see you.
“What’s been your favorite duty station?”
For a long time, my saccharine answer when asked the above question was, “Wherever I live!” In an effort to set a good example and not complain in front of my kids, put my best foot forward, and keep a positive attitude, it was a mantra I’d learned to live by.
If I could travel back in time and tell my newlywed self something, it would be this: “He’s only on loan.”
Dear Stranger,
You may look at me with three small children on my own and wonder why I look so disheveled. I’m holding their little hands and trying to navigate them through a new activity in a new building that I’ve only seen once. I look and feel every bit clueless, but I’m trying so hard to be brave so my children know to follow suit.
My husband and I got married days before my 25th birthday. While I was older than other spouses in the same peer group, I felt so young and inexperienced. I felt like a fish out of water.
I started playing fantasy football in much the same way that I became a military spouse. A guy I really liked asked me a question, and I said, “Yes.” He had to ask about fantasy football more than once—big deal. At least with that, I had an inkling of what I was getting into.
Across my almost five years as a military spouse and my three seasons as a fantasy football contender, some of the lessons I’ve learned apply to both experiences and, well, let’s just go for it—life in general.
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