Ending the Debate of the Better Mom: Working Moms or Stay at Home Moms
Being a stay at home mom is the best and hardest job in the world. There are days when you adore your kids more than anything in the world and the next day you’re imaging where you can hide from them...
View ArticleMilitary Moves: It’s never goodbye, it’s see you later.
Living on base has provided one of the most invaluable things in my life: a collection of friends. Throughout my Marine Corps journey, I’ve been lucky enough to find precious gems at every duty...
View ArticleYour Military Family
Let’s be honest, nearly every single military wife has been through it: moving to a new location where you know absolutely no one. My first move to a military base was no different. We stayed in a...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Make Military Friends
It has always been hard to me to open up and meet new people. My biggest fear with starting this new Marine Corps lifestyle wasn’t the moving, it was losing the friends I had already struggled to make....
View ArticleHave You Heard of MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers?
For years, I’ve heard of MOPS, better known as Mothers of Preschoolers, when talking with other military moms. I never joined because at the time, I didn’t have a preschooler. Then I found out that you...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye: Gearing Up for PCS Season
When I think about PCSing, that 90′s song Graduation by Vitamin C comes to mind. You know the one – As we go on, we remember, all the times we, had together… If you have been in the military world for...
View ArticleTaking a Spousecation
Start a conversation with a civilian about military life and they’re bound to say “It must be so hard to have your husband gone so much at one time!” Of course, they’re right – mostly. Sometimes I love...
View ArticleGet to Know “Some of the Few” Marine Corps Spouses on America’s Got Talent
The American Military Spouses Choir has been singing together at a number of venues including the Kennedy Center, Vice-President Biden’s home, but most recently in America’s Got Talent. These ladies...
View ArticleKeep Calm: I’m a Marine Wife, I’ve Got This
This was the photo that USMC Life posted on Facebook earlier less than 24 hours ago. I clicked on the comments expecting to read some positive feedback, maybe a few motivational OORAHs but instead...
View Article15 Ways You Know You Live on a Military Base
ShareDid you miss my latest article on Military1? We who have lived on base after base have many shared experiences. You know you live on a military base when… 1. Your kids are blessed with immediate...
View ArticleThe Best Shoulder To Lean On
ShareThere are times in our lives that we need someone to listen. And not just listen, but truly hear what we are saying, not judging at any time how we feel. When life is getting the best of us, or we...
View Article6 Ways to Connect After Your Military Move
ShareDid you miss my article over at Military1? Starting over is hard, but there are resources to help you plug into your new community Sometimes it’s difficult starting over. There are so many firsts...
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