Feeling the cheer of the Christmas season can be hard when you’re spending it away from the one you love. Deployments over Christmas are always difficult for the soldier and the spouse. …
Christmas Décor With Deployment in Mind
Topic: Holidays
Navigating Irregular Holidays
Holidays can be difficult to navigate for military families. Some are fragmented by deployments, while others simply have jobs that require working through special days. My spouse has had assignments that put …
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 …
Veterans Day Memorials Worth Visiting
A lot of times federal holidays likes Veterans Day become another fall break to a lot of families. The convenience of time off and the possibility of a short vacation tends to …
Tips For a Fun Friendsgiving
Often friends become closer than family due to job requirements and physical distance. We all have those friends we’ve been stationed with who have become an extension of our family. Therefore, Friendsgiving …
Lessons from Dad
This Father’s Day, instead of getting caught up in all the commercialism, I’m hoping to get caught up in some good conversations. Sometimes I think we rush through life without taking the …
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