Technology may make it easier to stay connected when friends move away, but it doesn’t change the fact that saying goodbye to friends is hard. What feels like it was so far away is quickly approaching and the reality that nothing will change is no longer an illusion I can live with. Soon life will […]
How to Connect at Your New Assignment
When you join the military, or become a military spouse one thing you learn pretty quick is that you will always be making connections at each new assignment. Even when you make friends at one location you know a move is on the horizon and sometimes friends leave before you and you lose those connections. […]
The 5 Hardest Issues With Moving No One Talks About
Moving is hard and maybe when you think about moving you think of all the work it is to move all your stuff from point A to point B. And I do think about that, but what is the hardest issues with moving? It has to do with the emotions that go along with moving. You […]
15 Cross Country Road Trip Tips with Kids Under 5
A cross country road trip is pretty much an inevitable thing when it comes to military life. And having a great list of cross country road trip tips is a must. You often don’t live close to family and sometimes even when you fly home it is still a drive to get where you need […]
A Weekly Christian Family Devotion for Young Children
This post contains affiliate links, please see my full disclosure page here. Is your family looking for a weekly christian family devotion? I have been looking for a weekly christian family devotion to do with my kids in the past few weeks. I always felt like they were not old enough. But my friend recently […]
10 Moving Secrets to Help You Prepare for a Move
Are you moving soon? I have you covered with my 10 best moving tips to help you prepare for a move. It doesn’t matter if you are moving across town or across the country it is hard to move. And it is a lot of work. If you are a military family you know that military […]
Top 10 Things to Include in Care Packages to Women Deployed
When you serve in the military one of the by products is that you become friends with people who will continue to serve after you leave the service. If you are lucky you will make close friends and keep in contact with them for years down the road. And someday they might even deploy and […]
Memorial Day: A Day to Remember Those We Have Lost
Memorial Day is a day to honor those who died while serving our country. Memorial Day is filled with many red, white and blue decorations. It feels very patriotic and it seems like the perfect day to thank veterans for their service, but that isn’t what Memorial Day is about. There is a completely different […]
How To Turn A House Into A Home
The military requires families to move and it seems like once you are settled it is time to pack up again. How do you make a house into a home? When I went to my deployment in Afghanistan I lived in a building for a few months for training in Indiana. Then a tent for […]
Moms Matter More Than We Realize
Before I had children and I was working full time. my biggest fear of staying at home with my future children was that my life would somehow be boring. Did you have this fear too? Maybe it is just me. Did you worry about what your life would look like if you gave up your […]
