Entrepreneur Spouses: What’s in a Brand?

Military spouses often find themselves going to work for themselves for many reasons—mostly because it means having a steady job that’s portable and that can give you the time off when needed for homecomings, PCSing, and family events. But if you’re starting a business, you may find yourself asking, “What is a brand?” and “How [...]

New England Family is our pick for the Home Depot Foundation GiveGood Campaign

Meet the Dow’s, Gina and Phil, our selection for the Home Depot’s Foundation GiveGood Campaign. It was so hard to pick just one family in need. Our wounded warriors and disabled veterans are quiet about their experiences and what they have seen. Although the Dow’s submission and story was short, we felt a strong connection [...]

Grateful for the little things and the little moments.

I am also grateful for the job that takes him away from us all too often. Silly though that may sound, it’s true. Most of you can relate, I’m sure.

Not Home for the Holidays

Like many Military families we live far away from our family.  We can’t drive there for a long weekend and to fly is pretty expensive.  As much as I would love to spend Thanksgiving at home this year, it just isn’t going to happen.  Since becoming a military family six years ago, most of the [...]

Welcome Home USS Springfield – SSN 761

GROTON, Conn. (Nov. 11, 2011) The Los Angeles attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) makes her way through the fog to return to homeport at Submarine Base New London. Springfield returned from a scheduled six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released) Welcome Home to the Sailors of the USS Springfield (SSN 761)! You can [...]

Practicing Gratitude & Meeting the First Lady

Come November, we start to hear a lot about what people are grateful for. The attitude of gratitude is what makes Thanksgiving my favorite holiday. I believe that practicing gratitude is a key aspect of a happy, healthy lifestyle, just like a healthy diet and exercise. It’s really hard to be feel both grateful and [...]

Giving Good and $20,000 to Help a Military Family

I’m so excited I can barely write this post!! I’m usually not known for my curb appeal abilities. I can plant a flower in a pot and make it look pretty amazing, but when it comes to flower beds and using power tools I’m usually sipping lemonade by that point. All that changed this past Thursday [...]

Thank you

This week we had the privilege of being able to visit Washington DC. It was my first visit ever, living out in the Southwest, it was always a dream to visit DC. Thanks to the Navy and our most recent PCS to the area, we got to spend 4 days in our Nation’s Capitol. We [...]

New Blogger Alert!

Hello, everyone! As you may have read there is a new blogger in town and that would be me – Tessa. Nice to meet you! In joining this awesome group of bloggers, I hope to bring a different perspective to the team just like all of the other spouses do. My Air Force husband and [...]

New Book Features 1001 Things to Love About Military Life

It’s not often a book is written by a group of military spouses, much less a group I call friends. Today, November 2nd, is the official launch of 1001 Things to Love about Military Life. Through my military life walk I’ve gotten to know each of the authors personally starting with “meeting online” to in [...]

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