There are countless relationships to balance in this milspouse life. Our kids, friends, neighbors, spouses coworkers, and of course, our service members!
Relationships need communication, compromise, and the ability to adapt. Command Team has decades worth of experience navigating these situations and share their professional and personal knowledge on various relationship topics.
Some topics include how to have thriving friendships, raise resilient kids, have a loving marriage and overcome obstacles with others and yourself. We want you to thrive in relationships because, in this milspouse life, we need support and community. So, join our Mission: Milspouse community and learn how to better relate to yours on this page.
Well, it has been a month. A month of sleeping on my own, a month of taking care of the house and family on my own, a month since my service member left for a year-long hardship tour to Korea. I know many spouses have gone on this same journey, and I have wonderful friends who have given me great details of what to expect from a hardship tour.
School will be starting soon for our kids. I have worked in schools for the past few years as an aide and as a teacher. While parents are buying school supplies, filling out paperwork, and making sure that their kids have all they need to head back to school, teachers are also busy.
I remember one time, sitting outside, having my weekly wine with my neighbor, when we started a discussion about her new-found “job” as a battalion commander’s spouse. She was sharing how she felt blessed that she had such great friends and neighbors (battle buddies) because she is feeling a bit “lost in the sauce” when it comes to meeting all of the expectations and answering all of the questions that have come along with her role in her husband’s new position.
I think it’s safe to say that most of my blogs are humorous in nature, because I love making people laugh, even if it means poking fun at myself. I wrote this letter to my son over the course of six months, and I finally got the courage to post it. I write about personal stuff all the time, but this blog is near and dear to my heart, because my son is my morning, noon, and night.
I’m as big a fan of The Beatles as any, but as of late, I find myself wondering if the Fab Four ever met a real life military family before writing that all too popular tune!
Love is all you need.
One absolute necessity for making it through this roller coaster ride we call military life is meeting our battle buddies. These are the friends who, no matter what else is happening, will drop whatever they’re doing to help you out. These are the friends that you can call (and who can call you) at any time of the day or night just to talk to you, or to keep you from banging your head against the wall (much). AWN’s co-founder Tara Crooks wrote the article, Finding Your Battle Buddy, that has suggestions on how to meet yours.
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