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Practical Ways to Help a Military Spouse

By Sydney Smith May 12, 2026Relationships

“Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.”

Military Spouse Appreciation is More Than a Hashtag

By Lizann Lightfoot May 5, 2026Relationships

May rolls around, and suddenly social media lights up with #MilitarySpouseAppreciationMonth posts and quick “thank you” posts. It’s nice to see, but for many of us juggling solo parenting during deployments, hunting …

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The Invisible Labor of Military Spouses

By Sydney Smith Apr 21, 2026Military Life

As a military spouse it can be common to feel a missing sense of purpose as you jump from place to place, trying to figure out which jigsaw puzzle you just landed …

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You Know You’re a Military Spouse When…

By Sydney Smith Mar 10, 2026Military Life

Being a military spouse means living in a unique world that doesn’t always make sense to people on the outside. It’s a life measured less by the normal up and down rhythm …

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Love Letters From Afar

By Lizann Lightfoot Feb 24, 2026Relationships

Valentine’s Day can feel like a cruel joke when your spouse is halfway around the world on deployment or stuck at a training exercise many miles away. For me, those February 14ths …

The Emotional “Last Flight” in the Marine Corps

By Kristi Stolzenberg Feb 17, 2026Military Life

Sometime in August 2025, I hopped online to book my routine — yet always highly anticipated — haircut and color during my lunch break on Friday, Oct. 3. Then, a lot of …

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Practical Ways to Help a Military Spouse