Official Lifestyle Blog For Today's Army Wife
Taking care of ourselves as a military spouse tends to fall further and further down the priority list the crazier life gets. It can easily be attributed to work, kids, our spouse’s career, moving, and the never ending “hurry up and wait” games we often play. I’ve lived through this perpetual state of change. As […] Read more…
Once upon a time, there was a woman who fell madly in love with a man. He was active duty military and whisked her away on an adventure that looked a little something like this: You’re in love! You will do anything for this man and follow him to the ends of the earth! He […] Read more…
There is nothing like finding your village, and I have found that the military community provides exactly that. Never before have I lived anywhere with so many people my age, who are home with children, whose spouses are all in similar lines of work. We milspouses can connect, relate, understand and – in short — […] Read more…
One night, much like any other, my husband offered to spearhead our baby and toddler’s bedtime. Thrilled that I was officially “off the clock,” I immediately took him up on it. I sunk deep into my couch and settled in with some mindless screen time. Unfortunately my “checked out” moment was brief. I was ripped […] Read more…
Sometimes the most formative transformations in life begin from something simply ordinary. For Army wife Mareike Lott, it all started with a photograph…a photograph that I snapped. But let’s start at the beginning. Mareike was my next-door neighbor and best friend while stationed in Germany. She and I quickly bonded over our taste in music, […] Read more…
Do you remember the good old days when finding a friend was easy? It was as simple as: You like dolls? So do I! We have the same math teacher? Perfect! You want to take shots and dance? Here, borrow my tube top! Somewhere along the road, something changed. You became a milspouse and a […] Read more…