“Our daddies have to work really hard. And sometimes we have to too. And sometimes when you’re the only boy in the house, you have to take care of your mom.” ~Big C on life as a military brat In honor of April and the Month of the Military Child, I thought I’d turn […] Read more…
Top 10 List of Military Spouse Quotes
I’ve always loved collecting quotes. So today I’m going to let other people do my writing for me. Here are my… Top 10 List of Military Spouse Quotes 10) If you don’t stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them! 9) My husband risks his life so you can run your […] Read more…
Top 10 List of My Deployment Behaviors
If you’re anything like me, your life completely changes when your husband is deployed. You follow your own routines, and you develop your own coping mechanisms to try to keep your love alive while simultaneously trying to keep your heart from breaking. We have to do whatever we can to make our lives a little bit easier […] Read more…
Top 10 Ways to Stay Connected With Your Spouse During Deployments
A couple weeks ago I went to the library and checked out a handful of books written for and/or by military spouses. I didn’t get a chance to read all of the books before their due date, but there was one book in my pile that I read in one sitting. “I’m Already Home…Again” […] Read more…
Top 10 List of the Upsides of Deployment
Back in July, I wrote a post for Blue Star Families called “The Upside of Deployment.” I wrote it toward the end of Mr. Roller Coaster’s deployment, at a time when I had gotten comfortable with my solitary existence. There’s no way I could have written that piece at the beginning of the deployment. Because […] Read more…
Top 10 List of My Favorite Military Slang
If you’ve been around the military long enough, you know that slang is a large part of service members’ vocabulary. Sometimes I think I need a military dictionary just to help me translate when my husband tells me about his day at work. When I decided to put together this top 10 list, I employed Mr. Roller Coaster’s […] Read more…
