It’s normal for kids to change behaviors and act out a little during deployment, but our problems with our child’s behavior during this deployment were more difficult than normal. Maybe we anticipated …
Parenting
Summer Reading with Your MilKids
Summer is the season of uncertainty for military kids. Is my BFF packing up and heading out? Oh my gosh, are we moving? Where are we going; when do we leave? What …
To the Lost Mama
Oh, the moments we are gifted in this unimaginably beautiful, lifelong endeavor as mamas! Our first nine months of motherhood are showered with celebration, happiness, presents and cookies (my favorite). The joyous …
Raising Multiple Kids During Deployment
Picture this—three kids, ages three and under. I was raising them alone while my husband was deployed to Afghanistan. It was noisy. It was stressful. It was exhausting. Deployments are never easy, …
Five Lessons I Learned from My MilKids
I was not raised in a military home. I grew up in the same house my entire childhood, went to school with the same classmates from beginning to end, lived close to …
A Real Mom’s Guide for the School Year
I work from home with a full kitchen at my fingertips, yet I spend six minutes, at most, on my own lunch. Why do I spend more time than that packing a …