I am all for being outside with our children. Most of our best family memories have taken place outdoors. Our son was born at Fort Hood, and while the summers were brutally …
Creative Ways To Entertain Kids Indoors
Parenting
Resources for Military Teens
Do you remember being a teenager? When I think about my teen years, I remember being extremely emotional, sensitive and wanting so badly to fit in among my peers. I also wanted …
Giving Birth Without Your Spouse
There are many aspects of military life that can be challenging for the family. Among them is the process of family planning. We have certainly found this to be the case so …
Preparing Military Kids for Holiday Travel
If you’re like many military families, going home for the holidays is much more complicated than going “over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house.” It’s more like going over …
Planning Your Holiday Gift Budget as a Military Spouse
After limited celebrations and restricted travel in 2020, we all have a lot to make up for in the 2021 holiday season! There are people we want to see, parties we can’t …
Passing Our 9/11 Stories on to the Next Generation
Aside from never knowing the screech of a dial-up internet connection, there is one fundamental difference between our generation and our children’s: Sept. 11, 2001. The only way I know how to …
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