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Summer Camp- Tips to Prepare
Guest Post: 5 Tips for Preparing the Whole Family for Summer Camp More than 11 million children attend summer camp in the United States every year. For these kids, summer camp is an exciting and empowering experience that provides them … Continue reading
Military Appreciation Month- 10 things military families deal with that most civilians don’t realize
10. Family memories are compromised in the interest of National Security. Missed births, first days of school, graduations, anniversaries, mother’s days, father’s days, Christmases and Chanukahs, Ramadans, Easters and Passovers, illnesses and funerals are too numerous to count. 9. Communication is … Continue reading
Posted in military family, Military news, veterans
Tagged deployment, military, military appreciation month, military blogs, military family, military family appreciation, military issues, military life, military spouse appreciation, military spouse appreciation day, military top 10, military top ten, military top ten list, military wife, top ten list
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The First Week… The Return of Mrs. Murphy
For those of you who may not remember, Mrs. Murphy is the stronger, trickier, sidekick to Mr. Murphy, of Murphy’s Law infamy. She has returned to our house and Horatio has been gone for less than one week of his … Continue reading
Strength Finds Me
Long after Horatio returned from his most recent 20+ month deployment, people still say they don’t know how we did it. Horatio gets looks of pity for having been away from his family for so long, and friends and acquaintances … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Living abroad, No Nonsense Parenting
Tagged blue star family, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, deployment blog, expat life, family, living abroad, married single mom, military blog, military family blog, military family issues, military kids, navy family, single parenting
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6 Ways Endure Deployment More Easily
I started this blog 5 years ago, when Horatio and I broke the news of deployment to our boys. I wrote posts to help myself and others get through long deployments. During deployments, often, the days are long, but the … Continue reading
Deployment Chart For Families
This is a guest post about a deployment chart, from The Victoria Chart Company. They are offering 25% OFF this chart this month, please follow the link at the bottom of this page http://bit.ly/1PEE2eR and enter ‘MILITA25’ at checkout. “At … Continue reading
Be Safe At Home During Deployment and Always
June is National Safety Month! As Military spouses, we have unique home safety concerns, since our service member is out of the home for an extended period of time. There are some very helpful safety products available in the webiverse. … Continue reading
Medical Care in a Less Foreign Land- Part 3
Answer: Watch TV shows you’d never watch at home; Eat junk food you’d never eat at home; and sit for hours in a hospital lobby just to access wifi. Question: What are things you do when you have 3 weeks … Continue reading
Breaking News: MCRMC Recommendations Released
This is a great breakdown of the news, by Sarah Peachey of MilitaryOneClick.com The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its annual report today to “modernize the Uniformed Services’ compensation and retirement system.” The committee believes the following recommendations … Continue reading
Posted in veterans
Tagged America, army, dealing with deployment, deployment, deployment blog, joining forces, marines, mcrmc, michelle obama, military, military blog, Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, military families, military family, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, military wife, militaryoneclick, militaryoneclick.com, Navy, navy family, US Navy
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Check out the new Spartan Up podcast and win a code for a free race entry
Check out Spartan Race founder Joe DeSena’s new Podcast “Spartan UP!” WE UNCOVER WHAT MAKES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WINNERS. The epitome of grit, Joe Desena, founder & CEO of Spartan Race and NY Times best-selling author, travels the globe … Continue reading
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Tagged army, deployment, deployment blog, family, giveaway, joining forces, marines, military, military blog, military families, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, military wife, Navy, navy family, navy wife, spartan, spartan race, spartan race giveaway, US Navy
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