The week leading up to deployment is always a tough one. It can be filled with stress, worry, silly arguments, tears, pressures and challenging conversations. My husband is a soldier who just left for his second deployment today. Fortunately, we had a wiser, more confident approach this time around. That doesn’t mean that our lead-up […] Read more…
12 Strong: 5 Reasons Milspouses Should Read The Book & See The Film
When was the last time you read words that moved you? I had the pleasure of not only reading a deeply touching and thought-provoking book, but also had the opportunity to speak with its author. He shared an hour of his time with me, and as I shared appreciation and thanked him for his comprehensive […] Read more…
Meet the 12 STRONG Talent and Hear Their Message to Military Families
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Warner Bros. Pictures. Do you remember what you were doing on September 11, 2001? I do. Those catastrophic attacks on American soil launched the reasons our spouses still deploy to Afghanistan now. We all know the history of that tragic day, but what happened on September 12 […] Read more…
Milspouse Confessions: We Met While We Were Deployed
“I still cannot believe that I found the man of my dreams in a war zone,” shares Heather*. She is an Army veteran and Army wife, who met her husband while they were both deployed to Afghanistan. Because the military has strict policies in place on intimate relationships in this situation, names have been changed […] Read more…
Army Vet’s Book Brings a Child-Friendly Twist to Complex Topics
Deployment is not an easy subject to explain to children. All they know is that mom or dad will be away and may miss birthdays, holidays, soccer games, bedtime — the list goes on and on. How do we explain deployment to our little ones when they ask the big question of why? Wouldn’t it […] Read more…