My first….Submarine Homecoming

This following is the first blog post in our Homecoming series. Contact us if you would like to be a guest blogger and submit your Homecoming story. My first… By Despina I’m a 43 year old Submariner’s wife writing my first blog post and yesterday I experienced my first homecoming.  Although my Sailor and I [...]

Top Ways to Follow Your Entrepreneurial Dreams

Join us for a special show featuring the founder of Your Yeoman and fellow 2011 Inc 500/5000 Military Entrepreneur Delegate, Lori Clinton. We’ll be talking about her motivation to start her own business, how she balances being a Navy wife and entreprenuer, plus her advice to military spouses thinking about pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams. Click [...]

First Lady Announces Portable Job Opportunities for Military Spouses

Today at the White House the First Lady, Michelle Obama held a telephone conference with milbloggers and traditional reporters to make an exciting announcement regarding Military Spouse employment as part of the Joining Forces initiative. Mrs. Obama announced, “11 companies are coming together to pledge more than 15,000 jobs for military spouses — 15,000 jobs.  [...]

April Month of the Military Child – Military Children: A Nomadic Subculture?

April is the Month of the Military Child. We as spouses are often referred to as the Silent Ranks. I would assume this to include our children. Do we ever step back and take a look at them for what they really are? Do you ever have that moment when you realize that your five [...]

Seven Ways to Tackle Spring Break or Summer Vacation

On today’s show we are sharing 7 Ways to tackle Spring Break or a Summer Vacation when your spouse is deployed. Spring Break is fast approaching. If you haven’t already planned your week, here are some ideas to help your Spring Break experience be more enjoyable especially if your loved one is far from home. [...]

Things I want to do this Spring

Spring is here! Technically it starts tomorrow but with warm weather already here it feels as though it is already here.  I have a few things I would like to do this Spring. The first is start a garden. I have never even planted flowers before but I really want to have a garden. I [...]

6 months

I have heard and read that it takes about 6 months after each move before you feel at home in your new town.  Well March is my 6th month and I finally feel like we might make it!  We spent 8 months down in Florida while my husband finished school and we never got fully plugged [...]

Being new to military life can be like learning a new language.

If you are new to this military life and your head is spinning trying to get a grasp on things, hang in there.

Growing up military

There is this unspoken  (ok, sometimes loudly spoken) concern for kids of military parents. Will they adjust with the next PCS? How will they make friends? Should we stay here while our service member moves on to the next duty station? Etc. I’m not going to answer any of those questions for you. Even if [...]

Melissa Seligman and Jenny Andrews, plus The Martha Stewart Show

Our guests this week are Melissa Seligman, one of the founders of Her War, Her Voice and Jenny Andrews, cofounder of Not Alone, a nonprofit focused on the invisible wounds of war. In additon, we are back from NYC and we can’t wait to share a few sneak peak highlights from our trip to The [...]

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