Thinking about my life as a Military spouse; new seasons always mean new possibilities. During certain seasons you may be preparing to pcs or just arriving at a new duty station or even transitioning to a new career.
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Supporting Our Military Children
One thing that has been most important to me, as a military spouse, is figuring out how to best do this life while supporting our children with the changes and difficulties. When my children were very small, there were many times that my husband was away, and I had to parent my children alone.
MMP Show #1033 Maggie The Military Rat
Join Mission: Milspouse Partner Relations Coordinator, KateLynn Heavilon as she interviews children’s book author Monica Voicu Denniston. Monica shares her experience of coming into her own as a military spouse, as well as the inspiration behind her book, “Maggie the Military Rat.
Monica Voicu Denniston is an active duty Air Force spouse and mom to three military brats. She is a first-generation Romanian immigrant who developed a passion for picture books while using them to learn English when she was eight years old. Monica has a law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law, where she currently teaches legal writing. She and her family have lived in Sacramento, California; Newport, Rhode Island; and Madrid, Spain. They call the Bay Area, California home.
Connect with Monica: maggiethemilitaryrat.com, @maggiethemilitaryrat (Instagram); maggiethemilitaryrat (Facebook)
Room To Grow Roots
Among my family, the adage “grow where you’re planted” is taken literally. It’s not just good advice; it’s the fond memory of kicking muddy boots off on the porch, and Hot Wheels cars racing along dirt tracks in the big garden.
Join Deputy Director of Marketing, Lindsey Rauch, as she navigates the challenges of not only being a military spouse but a mom of two young children in a military family.
MMP #1031: Motherhood and Mental Health
Listen along as Mission: Milspouse Executive Director talks with Erin Muhlenbeck about the realities of navigating mental health and motherhood as a military spouse.
The Emotional Cycles of Deployment: Part 6
Join Blogger LaVaughn Ricci as she chronicles the emotional cycles of deployment. This is Part Six. Click these links to go back to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
The 3 AM Friend
We all know it is hard to make friends at each and every new duty station. Sometimes you have to take that leap of faith to find your tribe.
Four deployments in four years and what they taught me
There are plenty of deployment stories that focus on a military spouse’s resiliency. Stories that recount how spouses overcame everything that Murphy’s law threw their way during deployments, and then fast forward to the sparkly Homecoming photos.
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