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How to Navigate Motherhood When Your Spouse is Deployed

Going through a deployment? I have been there too-multiple times. This is my list sharing how to navigate motherhood when your spouse is deployed. What would you add?

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of 1 Natural Way, a TRICARE breast pump provider. All opinions are entirely my own. Please view my disclosure for full details. It was the most challenging time of my life. Surviving a deployment as a military spouse can take a lot of patience, and a lot of personal strength. I had to dig deep for strength and patience going … [Read more...]

Tips for Parenting Alone

Tips for parenting alone whether you are a military family going through deployment , TAD, or field ops, your spouyse travels for work, or you are an expat family living in a foreign country, these tips for parenting alone will help you thrive and grow stronger during your time solo parenting.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} I just experienced parenting alone for 6 ½ months. It was not my first time being the solo parent at home with my husband away, but it was the first with 4 kids. Parenting alone is a great … [Read more...]

Ultimate Guide: Tips for Moving with Kids

After moving 14 times in my life-and moving regularly as a military spouse-I have compiled an ultimate guide: of tips for moving with kids that cover packing up, traveling on a road trip to your new home, and getting settled in your new home. #sponsored by @CORTfurniture

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of CORT. All opinions are 100% mine. I have moved a total of 14 times in my life (so far). Sometimes across the city, sometimes across the neighborhood, and sometimes across the country. Moving was part of my childhood, and now as a military spouse, moving with kids is part of my life as a mom. It is what we do every 3 years as … [Read more...]

Remembering the Why of My Marriage (Great Clips Veteran’s Day)

Marriage has its challenges, and as a military spouse-often alone and away from my husband-I have to remember the WHY of my marriage to get me through the tough challenges. A tribute to my favorite Veteran this Veteran's Day and a way you can show Veteran's a small thanks compliments of Great Clips Veteran's Day offers.

  If you had told me I was going to meet my husband that night, I would have bet against it. I am a different person than I was.  It was high school after all. Everyone changes and matures as they grow older. I know I did. I like to think we were stuck together by fate-God’s hand in the matter. … [Read more...]

How Kids Can Get Involved In Their Community

Kids give back to their community through the Box Tops for Education program.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills®. The opinions and text are all mine. Every year as we get close to the first day of school, I am reminded that we always feel new as a military family. This is our second year at our school-my oldest will be in second grade. We stopped by the school to drop off the required new school year paperwork, … [Read more...]

Books on CD Recorded by You

Record books on CD for your child with free download audio software,. Great for kids whose parents travel or as a family involvement activity in preschool.

My husband deployed for a year back when my oldest son was 6 months old. It was a job of mine to teach my son about his dad. Without the daily interactions of a parent and an infant, that memory of "dad" would not be established. It is a reality for families whose breadwinner travels a lot. Our solution was to do a few things to keep my husband present in our daily life and one … [Read more...]

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