Conflict is part all relationships, however, there is a way to have productive dialogue during such times. In Linda and Charlie Bloom's An End to Arguing: 101 Valuable Lessons for All Relationships, they outline some helpful tips that can help couples improve upon...
Authored by ChatGPT and Me I asked ChatGPT to write a 500-word blog post about the challenges of parenting solo as a military spouse and this is what this tool came up with. About 90% of the text was right on point. However, parenting solo does not just occur when a...
Guest Post by Claudine Wolk, author of It Gets Easier and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers. You may not notice the power shift in your relationship after you deliver a baby right away. The shifting is subtle. It’s little things. You might notice that your partner who...
Military spouses are good at faking a smile, pretending life is good, and carrying loads that many cannot even fathom. However, there is a side to many of us that you don’t always see. It’s a side we keep hidden for a multitude of reasons. It’s a side of us that...
Military life can be extremely hard on families. The separations, frequent moves, and irregular schedule of service members can be especially tough for children as well as military spouses holding it all together on the home front. Growing Your Family: Learn How to...
After Meghan and Harry’s mind boggling interview with Oprah last week, the chatter about whether people agree or disagree with what was discussed in the interview has blown up social media and the news media at large. I am a big fan of Princess Diana and see how...
Now, my spouse and I have been through several near deployments, more TDY’s than I can count on both hands, a cross country PCS, infertility, childbirth, and parenthood. Below is my updated list of what this life has taught me over the last five years as a military...
It started off one fateful day at the local college job fair. I had a table for the Boys & Girls Club and he had a table recruiting for the United States Marine Corps. I should’ve known then, but, dress blues...enough said. The thing is, I DIDN’T know. I didn’t...
As Valentine’s Day approaches and spouses scramble for those perfect gifts, I thought I would offer a few ideas about what military spouses often desire in terms of gifts. 1-A Planned Vacation. This may seem silly to our civilian counterparts because it’s a normalcy...
I want a divorce! For 12 months, this was the only sentence my husband and I could agree on. We came from 2 totally different backgrounds and blended our families for what we thought would be a great marriage. Neither of us took into consideration what our childhoods,...
