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 of life or the comforts found in familiarity and roots, and more so by countdowns, moves, deployments, homecomings, hard goodbyes, new beginnings and constant change. The military spouse embodies equal parts pride, chaos, resilience and humor developed purely for survival.
Love Letters From Afar
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 …
