Luckily my husband’s trip plans got rearranged and he ended up staying home for another week. My friends called it a “bonus week” with Mike. However, we didn’t learn about the change in plans until one day before he was scheduled to leave. So after being upset the night before and waking up with a […]

Every weekday morning on CNN (including on Sirius XM radio) Robin Meade does a fabulous salute to a member of the military, which is also featured on CNN.com. Send in your loved one today by going to http://salute.blogs.cnn.com/. Look for the “Send your own salute” subhead on the right-hand column for further directions! Every weekday […]

Right before deployment I tend to struggle with how to spend time with my husband prior to him leaving. Especially if we weren’t given much time to prepare – like this next deployment that is coming up fast. I work full time and my husband’s schedule tends to get crazy preparing for their deployment so […]

This week my husband called me at work and said he had the career opportunity of a lifetime to be 2nd in command on an important mission. He was going to be deployed about 3 months; however, he had the opportunity to decline this mission since he hasn’t been home from his last deployment for […]

When you become a military wife or significant other you quickly learn there is nothing that could prepare you for this new role. About 4.5 years ago, I had a rather shocking initiation becoming a Marine Corps wife. After Mike came home from a 3-month deployment to Afghanistan, he proposed to me. We were so […]

The last three times my husband deployed, we really didn’t have any trouble quickly getting back into the grove of things when he arrived home. Perhaps it was because we were younger, had less things to worry about and he didn’t have as much responsibility and stress as he did in his fourth deployment. I’m […]

Reunions are so wonderful. That feeling you get driving to pick up your significant other is nothing I have experienced before. You are elated, nervous and proud all at the same time. I literally get those butterflies in my stomach like I’m going on a first date with my husband. You exchange hugs and kisses, […]

My husband recently came back from Iraq after a seven month deployment. Even though this was our fourth deployment, I think this home coming was the most nerve racking of them all. It was the first time we had our own home while he was gone. So I felt a lot of pressure to have […]

  Last month I was chatting with a few other families while waiting oh so patiently to see my husband’s unit get home.  Two sets of parents, both whose sons were returning from their first deployments, asked me if deployments ever get easier.  I smiled a bit and responded “unfortunately no”.      It never gets easier […]