June 2012 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

The Results: Military Appreciation Doesn’t Matter

When we asked readers early this week if they would still serve in the military if the American public didn’t appreciate them, I suspected I knew what the overwhelming response would be. After all, we frequently hear people say that service is a higher...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Poll

If Your Spouse Behaved Badly, Would you Turn Him In?

Pause with me, if you will, and imagine the unimaginable – your servicemember spouse in embroiled in an activity that falls somewhere between “moral grey area” and “downright wrong.” Misusing funds. Selling on Ebay that thing he forgot to turn in at work...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 12:43 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Spouse & Family News

Poll: How do You Celebrate Flag Day?

OK, so we’ve never really “celebrated” Flag Day either. But we do like to take a second to recognize the Stars and Bars on June 14, its own special day of the year. Whether it’s by obnoxiously humming flag songs all day long or by playing flag police...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Poll

How To Celebrate a Military Wedding Anniversary

Once upon a time, I was a bride. That was a long upon-a-time ago—25 years ago today. Not did I marry him while he was fresh and hot, but I got very, very lucky. The guy is military. The rest of the world doesn’t think that marrying military is such a...

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

An Open Letter to a Naive Guard Spouse

To Guard Spouse Lacey Vermeulen: All I know about you I learned in a few minute news story that’s been making its way around Facebook this week. When the Army pulled your National Guard husband’s mid-tour leave from Kuwait you were understandably upset...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2012 1:23 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Spouse & Family News

Poll: How do you Solo Celebrate Your Wedding Anniversary?

Thursday is my four year wedding anniversary. Because the Army takes into account all important holidays and dates in my life when making its plans, my sweetheart is leaving that day at 0-dark-thirty for a month of far away training. Since I’m big on...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2012 5:09 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Poll

The Ups and Downs of Moving to a Military Town

I have seen a lot of posts, whether on blogs or Facebook, on the ups and downs of living either in a military town or away from one. I have reservist friends who have a hard time being hours from the nearest base and not having a local community of spouses...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, base, transition, military town

Military Wife Quotes: Love and Work

I have a bee in my bonnet. Or that is what it feels like. Ever since I started grad school I have been thinking about military spouses and work. Sometimes I am cheery about the whole thing–how lucky we are to have the kind of cool partner and steady...

Published Sun, Jun 03 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Quotes

Books for Military Kids: What’s Your Favorite?

My kid is a bookworm. Even at 3-years-old and unable to read, he’ll sit for an hour in one place and just “read” books to himself. And if you have ever had a 3-year-old, you know that any amount of time sitting in one place is uncommon. An hour in one...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 1:01 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

Preventing The Power Failure Marriage

Why do powerful people—the kind with prestigious careers and long marriages and children and parents and homes and money in the bank—throw it all away on a stupid affair? I don’t understand when it happens to a movie star or a captain of industry. But...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Military Wife Quote: You Don’t Have To Deserve Your Mother’s Love

Mother’s Day is easy. From the time that you are the littlest, bittiest kid, you know that your mom is going to LOVE whatever it is you give her for Mother’s Day. She might even get teary over that macaroni necklace (or bought-at-the-last...

Published Sun, Jun 17 2012 5:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Quotes

How To Write a Love Letter

My husband’s first CO glared as if we spouses were morphing into snivelers and whiners before his eyes. “N-A-V-Y spells “ocean,’” he barked. “Prepare to spend a lot of time apart!!” Might have been a threat. Might have been a promise. All I know is that...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 8:41 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

The “Just in Case” Letter

Love is brave. I think the rest of the world forgets that sometimes. But military relationships require courage, especially before a combat deployment. Planning to be apart for a year is brave. Imagining what would happen if the servicemember does not...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Anticipatory Grief, Military Life

Top 10 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day

If ever there was a group of people who know how to do patriotic holidays with flair and style, it is military families. These aren’t just national holidays – these are OUR holidays. Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day are both solemn occasions often misunderstood...

Published Sat, Jun 30 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment

All the Buzz: Public Military Breastfeeding

Lately boobies have been creating quite the commotion. Not because of *** cancer awareness — “save the ta-tas” is now a household phrase — but because of breastfeeding. While it may seem a little weird for a man, and a MANspouse...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 5:44 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

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