The one consistent aspect of military life is inconsistency. That is just a straight fact. Plans can change at any given time, and life can feel like it gets turned around on its head just as often. Knowing this, the most important lesson I have learned (so far) as a military spouse is to LET …
The Most Important Lesson I’ve Learned as a Milso Read More »
This has been one of the hardest posts to write. Mostly because my diagnosis is still my reality, not something I have overcome or “gotten over”. It has been so easy to see the bad. SO easy. But seeing the light through the struggles has helped me immensely. In college, I finally decided that it …
This is for the brand new military spouse: I see you and was once where you are now. If it seems overwhelming or scary, I get it. You are allowed to feel all the feelings, good and bad, about becoming a military spouse. You CAN do this! And it is also absolutely ok to have …
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I have been a military spouse now for almost two and a half years! That seems like such a short amount of time, but I have learned so much already. I never thought I would be a mil spouse. I had an uncle in the Army, and that was about as much as I knew. …
Life as an ROTC spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend can be strangely difficult. But also SO fun and rewarding! Your significant other (S.O.) is in college AND in a program to fast-track them to be commissioned as an officer. So they can get pretty busy. Pretty quick. As an ROTC S.O., you get to (or have to?) take on …
In the past 4 years, I have moved 5 times. Yes, you read that right. And that is just moving where ALL of my belongings went with me. There were also 3 long-term periods away from home that, in my book, felt just like full moves. Growing up I thought my family moved a lot. …
