April 2012 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Man, Myth, Legend: The Male MilSpouse

“The male military spouse? What is that? There is no such thing!” Au contraire, but there is. Believe it or not there is a fairly large population of male military spouses, or MANspouses as I like to refer to “US” as. Between the...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

Stalking Military Widows Outrages Community

Military widows are working hard enough to get their lives back on track without suffering reality TV producers chasing them down. This week the spouse blog community is in an uproar about the reality TV show that is stalking military widows in order...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 7:05 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, SurvivorBUZZ, Spouse & Family News

Poll: How to do Mother’s Day During Deployment

Ah, Mother’s Day. That glorious day once a year where your children bring you breakfast in bed, your husband brings you flowers and you spend the day at a spa. Unless your husband is deployed. And no one else is around to get watch the kids while you...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 3:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Poll

Military Wife Quote: If You Can Find a Path …

I secretly want an easy life. I want my kids to go to Kindergarten in the same school district that they graduate from high school. I want to be so content that I never need to swallow my loneliness with mocha chip ice cream. I want to go to bed every...

Published Sun, Apr 29 2012 6:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Quotes

Top Ten Wedding Tips For Military Brides

Wendy Coulson Murray has the job I want. For the past four years she has been the JLo of the Outer Banks—a wedding planner at Sanderling Resort and Spa in Duck, North Carolina. Because of their proximity to so many Marine and Navy bases, Wendy has planned...

Published Sat, Apr 28 2012 11:35 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Fairy Tale Couple Wins Fairy Tale Wedding

Before Air Force 2nd Lt. John Avrett and fiancé Meghan Kinney ever won the Salute To Love dream wedding contest, the fairy tale elements of the story were already in place. Danielle Steel and Nicholas Sparks together could not have dreamed up a story...

Published Sat, Apr 28 2012 4:59 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Why Would Anyone Hire Military Spouses?

“Military Spouse” ought to be considered a job skill. For certain jobs that work directly with or for a military population, I argue that years lived as part of the living, breathing, commissary-shopping military population turns into some kind of crazy...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 12:05 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

Welcome Home, But Where’s My Ring?

Some women will never part with their original wedding ring. It’s sentimental and symbolic and no other ring could ever take its place. I thought I was that kind of woman until this past December. As I excitedly prepared to pick my husband up from the...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 5:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Mil(Spouse) Retirement?

It is common these days to build your own retirement if you are unemployed or self-employed. That’s great news for the stay-at-home spouse or work-from-home spouse (this includes parents). I received some great information from USAA spokesman and financial...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Legal & Financial

Top Ten Ways to Enjoy Your Drill Sergeant Marriage

Drill Sergeant duty has been filled with ups and downs. It’s hard seeing my husband so tired and having to convince myself that even though he’s home physically, it doesn’t mean he is home mentally. For every good thing about drill sergeant duty, there...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 12:58 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

“Heroes in Pain,” Dr. Phil Changes Name

Many of you may have read my recent article, Dr. Phil Takes Us From “Heroes to Monsters.” The show stated that veterans suffering from PTSD are damaged goods that can dismantle marriages. According to a post on Dr. Phil’s official blog...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 10:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse, Spouse & Family News, PTSD, The PTSD Breakthrough, Dr. Phil, Dr. Frank Lawlis, From Heroes to Monsters, Kristle Helmuth, The Department of Veterans Affairs, wounded warriors, Dr. Phil's The Turning Point, Heroes in Pain

The Other Side of Early Redeployment

Sometimes our fantasy scenarios aren’t all they are cracked up to be. A few weeks ago my husband returned from his fifth overseas deployment … three months early. This is the first time this has ever happened to our family. Usually, we are the ones whose...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Reintegration

YDU: From Superwoman MilMember to MilSpouse is Jagged Journey

Why didn’t you tell me that going from a military service member to full time spouse was going to be this rough? It”s not like I was new to the military life — my father spent 21 years in the Navy. I was enlisted for eight years in the Army...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 12:35 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Will Your Marriage Be a Casualty of War?

Combat can hurt your marriage in a way deployment never will. Command Sgt. Maj. Chris Faris, 50, senior enlisted member of the Army’s Delta Force, has taken a welcome step toward more openness about marriage. According to the story in USA TODAY Faris...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 9:35 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Show and Tell Becomes Shown and Told For MilKids

“My daddy sent this to me when he went away,” said this shy little girl presenting her Show and Tell treasure in front of my kindergarten classroom. She stroked the bear with its camouflage pants and proudly demonstrated its singing abilities. But as...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 5:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, kids

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Man, Myth, Legend: The Male MilSpouse

Stalking Military Widows Outrages Community

Poll: How to do Mother’s Day During Deployment

Military Wife Quote: If You Can Find a Path …

Top Ten Wedding Tips For Military Brides

Fairy Tale Couple Wins Fairy Tale Wedding

Why Would Anyone Hire Military Spouses?

Welcome Home, But Where’s My Ring?

Mil(Spouse) Retirement?

Top Ten Ways to Enjoy Your Drill Sergeant Marriage

“Heroes in Pain,” Dr. Phil Changes Name

The Other Side of Early Redeployment

YDU: From Superwoman MilMember to MilSpouse is Jagged Journey

Will Your Marriage Be a Casualty of War?

Show and Tell Becomes Shown and Told For MilKids