How can you take the skills the military taught you and use them as a veteran-owned small business? Beth served in the Army for ten years. She bounced around from a few different jobs after completing a job and ended up back in Minnesota so she could be close to her family. After her first […]
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12 Amazing Benefits of Being a Military Mom
Our children are strong and courageous, but I dare to say it’s because of the opportunities our service has given them. Being a military mom has its challenges and has amazing benefits for our children we rarely talk about. April has been known as the month of the Military Child since the mid-1980s. It is […]
Things Military Spouses Should Know
“This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of 1 Natural Way, a TRICARE breast pump provider. All opinions are entirely my own.” I’m sharing things military spouses should know from my experience of being both a military spouse and veteran. And to start off let’s give you a little background about my […]
Why You Need Community Even When You Think You Don’t
I have always heard about tribes and you know your people. Your community. But I have never been one to have people that I relied on. Maybe you are like me and have an I can do it attitude. You know that if you just pull yourself up from your bootstraps and go everything will […]
What Was Your Story Before Kids? Your Story Matters
I have been thinking a lot about how much change has happened in the past four years since becoming a mom. Sometimes I get stuck into thinking that mom life is my only story and that the person I was in the past has just faded away. But I am learning that your past shapes […]
There are No Awards in Motherhood
There are no awards in motherhood, but the military is full of them. When you are in the military you get regular at-a-boys to help encourage and motivate you. Motherhood is quite the opposite. Most of your days you wear yourself out giving and giving and end up with a pile full of laundry, a […]
Military Transition to Civilian Life
I always thought going to Afghanistan would be my hardest life experience. Here is the story of my military transition to civilian life. I went to college after high school because that is what everyone does (right?) at least that’s what all my friends were doing. For me, going to college was what I had […]
Military to Mom, not the journey I expected to take
When I went from military to mom I didn’t know what to expect. I had thought my deployment to Afghanistan had prepared me for anything that life could throw at me. But then I became a mom and life wasn’t anything like what I expected. And the constant self-doubt and continual change to my schedule […]
