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Military Life

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! 

Saying “I Love You” Without Words

Saying “I Love You” Without Words

by | Mar 17, 2017 | , ,

I went to a wedding celebration for friends of mine over the weekend. It’s exciting to see “new” love, even though both of these friends are in their 40’s.

The guests played a game where each took a wooden log from a Jenga® game and wrote a piece of marriage advice on it. The pieces were then tossed into a bowl and during the evening Tim or Sofia would draw out a piece and read it. Lots of wonderful advice: don’t go to bed angry…have lots of sex…and remember that she’s always right! You know, the usual.

I had different advice for them based on an activity I do with couples returning from deployment in my communications workshop for the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.

Here it is: Always remember to say “I Love You” with no words at all.

What does that mean? Look for the little things you do for each other that “say” how special you think they are. Usually those things involve no words, and are from the heart.

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Another Day in the Office

Another Day in the Office

by | Mar 14, 2017 | , ,

In my “former life,” I was a soldier. For some reason, there is a stereotype that all, or at least most, female soldiers serve behind a desk in an office. While I don’t see why there’s an issue with that, seeing that they raised their right hand and took the oath, truthfully there are also males in office positions as well.

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The 3 C’s of FRGs

The 3 C’s of FRGs

by | Mar 7, 2017 | , ,

You’ve probably heard one of the following about the FRG:

“They’re full of bickering, back-stabbing women who will use their husband’s rank against you.”

“It’ll be a waste of your time and energy.”

“Don’t join or you’ll be sucked into doing a bunch of stuff you don’t want to do.”

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6 Ways Parenting a Newborn is like Being a Military Spouse

6 Ways Parenting a Newborn is like Being a Military Spouse

by | Feb 21, 2017 | , , ,

Listen very closely… Do you hear that? It’s my own personal internal tick-tock clock as I anxiously wait for this New Tiny Human to be born. (I’m writing this post a little bit in advance, because hopefully, by the time this post is published in late February, this newborn will have been evicted and settling into the “real world” in our arms.)

You may recall that last month, I wrote a post about how pregnancy is like being a military spouse. Well, my love for analogies hasn’t stopped, so today I would like to share 6 Ways Parenting a Newborn is like Being a Military Spouse.

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