Official Lifestyle Blog For Today's Army Wife
This will be my third summer living on post at Fort Bragg. As a fairly fresh army wife (just 3 years in, no deployments yet, still at our first duty station) and without growing up in a military family, I had no clue what on-post life would be like until I got here. I also […] Read more…
After the service member themselves going through a deployment, dealing with a loved one’s absence for a military spouse is hard to swallow. There are so many mixed emotions and things that always seem to happen when they aren’t around. Some of the things that happen are serious and make you cry, and then there […] Read more…
Being a military spouse doesn’t come with a manual and it’s fair to say that we don’t always know what we’re getting into. I asked military spouses from different branches what they wish they had known about being a military spouse. Here are the truths they shared with me: Time Apart I wish I knew […] Read more…
Upon first glance you may not see it. It may look like we’re from such different walks of life that there is no way we could find common ground. Are we identical? Absolutely not, but I can wager that we have some instant similarities just by the virtue of being “married to the military.” You […] Read more…
Ahhh Skype dates! They are the connection of military households. They are how we keep the fires burning and the kids remembering who mom or dad is. They are pretty much our life line! While there can me some real hot Skype dates most of them look a bit something like this: Go blowkiss crazy…because they […] Read more…
Military life involves moving…so much moving. Perhaps you are leaving your town for the first time, or you’re a seasoned spouse who can easily hop duty stations every few years. No matter the case, there are days you’ll feel homesick. Home could be your hometown, your college town, or even a previous duty station. […] Read more…