A couple of months into the deployment, Register Guard columnist Bob Welch asked if he could publish my journals. I turned them over! Here is the article he wrote. Ugh… re-reading that article I can still feel how terrible I felt back then. The first few months of a deployment are absolutely the hardest. Everyone […]

Your #1 Deployment Survival Tool As your spouse prepares to deploy, you may notice that the checklists come out. There is a lot of equipment needed to keep him/her safe while away from home. But it’s also a time to start thinking about what will get you safely (and sanely) through the deployment. Spouses who […]

How Much Should You Share? During a deployment, many couples face tough decisions about how honest to be about problems at home… and about combat situations that the soldier is facing. Emails and phone calls may be few and far between, and some spouses don’t want to use up that time complaining. Likewise, soldiers may […]