Just because your spouse/partner is deployed, doesn’t mean you are totally alone. (Although, sometimes it can feel like it!) You do have a support system made up of extended family and friends; most of us just don’t take the time to access it when we don’t need it! My mom was an Army wife. Even […]

Saying goodbye to my husband before he leaves is probably the hardest moment of deployment for me. I drive to the base with an upset stomach and a lump in my throat choking back the tears. Nothing can really make it better, but one of Mike’s former captions did share some good advice when Mike […]

This is a re-post from a Blog called Daily Dwellings. Monica is the wife of an Army Chaplain who is currently deployed to Iraq. Military marriages are hard. They take a certain amount of extra work because of special circumstances that arise because of being a part of the military. The major special circumstance that […]

Here’s a letter I received from an Army wife struggling post-deployment. I think many of us have experienced the frustrations she expresses here…. what does it mean to ‘support the troops’? If anyone knows of resources that can help this family, please comment below, or send an email. Dear Heroes At Home, My husband is […]

These great looking Tshirts are a fabulous way to express your gratitude for our troops and their families… and they’re also a way you can help support the work we do here at Heroes At Home! Each Tshirt costs $15, and $5 will be put toward our programs.         If you have […]

Here’s a nice post from a wife going through her husband’s 6 month Air Force Deployment. You can read her blog here. Dear Me, There is something I am afraid of… I am terribly afraid that I will get use to living without Daniel. I am scared that the sting of being apart will lessen […]

I found a couple of things today that might have eased the pain of deployment just a little bit…   #1. The Husband Pillow. I know, I know, this thing has been around forever…. but it certainly takes on new significance for  anyone facing a year of sleeping alone! I love that this one has an actual […]

I read a great article today about how celebrating the tiny moments in your life can raise your happiness level, increase your resilience when bad things happen, and help ward off depression. You can see the whole article here, or I pasted the text below this post. This study confirms what anyone who has survived a deployment […]

A nice editorial from the Washington Post…. I lost many of my civilian friends when Paul left for Afghanistan because they didn’t support the war and couldn’t make the leap to support him as a soldier and us as a military family. It baffles me that people can’t see that the reason they have the […]

The 4th is the celebration of America declaring its independence from the British, and bringing the Revolutionary War to a close. This day marks what we celebrate as “America’s Birthday” and the beginning of a nation that has one of the longest standing constitutions in the world. In 1870 the US Congress declared the 4th […]