There we were standing in our empty apartment. It was our first PCS move (OCONUS as well). The movers just wrapped an up. Our luggage was off to the corner. Our PCS binder was set aside. We looked at each other and thought the same thing, “moving is stressful”. Military families must pack up and […] Read more…
What started out as an innocent blog introduced me to a whole new world of internet trolls. There are some (stupid) circles in which military spouses, as a whole, are vilified for no apparent reason. Usually, one troll has one negative experience with a military spouse, and then decides to brand the rest of us […] Read more…
Military spouse, dependent, “the wife” (or husband), there are a variety of names to call us. In recent years, the spouses of active duty service members have, more or less, taken on a persona themselves. From the clothing stamped with “proud (insert branch) wife” to the hundreds of social media groups that have one common […] Read more…
Every few years, I picture the following scenario vividly. My military husband comes home, and says, “Babe, we got our orders.” From there, I spring into action. Once orders are in hand, I get out my trusty PCS binder and start filling it with to-dos, checklists, important documents, etc. My PCS binder for military moves […] Read more…
The tears, the frown, the disappointment. you can only watch helplessly as your child says goodbye to the friends they have made. Making friends with anyone is hard. Making friends as a military brat, well, it’s no surprise that it can be THAT much harder. I’ve noticed that military brats tend to make friends with […] Read more…