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Military Wife Quotes: Beauty in Every Season
My family is about to enter the military life season of deployment. Even though our seasons skip along in the predictable pattern of getting ready to deploy, deployment or deployment recovery, the actual “he’s gone” part always takes me a little by surprise...
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Sun, Aug 26 2012 5:00 AM
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Quotes
Give Your Best Deployment Goodbye
I’m the Queen of Goodbye. That is, I am the Queen of Goodbye once I actually get to the moment of goodbye. In the months preceding a separation, I’m the character most likely to tug on my husband’s shirt, look up at him like a Ty Beanie Boo and whisper...
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Tue, Aug 21 2012 5:00 PM
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How I Refound My Purpose
Nine years ago I stepped on to the court at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Col. at halftime during a Denver Nuggets game and in front of a bunch of fans, mostly Golden State fans, I took an oath. It was an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the...
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Thu, Aug 09 2012 5:00 AM
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Wounded Spouse
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shutdown
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Wounded Warrior
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Denver Nuggets
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Wrigley Field
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Wounded Warrior Project
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Chicago Cubs
10 Back to School Meals Every Mom Needs
If you’ve found yourself heating up another batch of Stouffer’s Macaroni* to feed the family and are wondering when you are finally going to get your domestic sanity back, look no further! Here are 10 ideas – for breakfasts, lunchboxes...
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Sat, Aug 11 2012 11:20 AM
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Military Life
Bahrain: What Is It Like To Be Stationed There?
Margarita’s husband is being transferred to Bahrain. Just the word Bahrain conjures up an ombudsman I met whose husband was stationed in Bahrain. She had a pool, a BBQ pit and a maid who came standard with the apartment. I got stuck on the idea of having...
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Mon, Aug 27 2012 10:00 AM
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PCS
How a Hookah Helped us Reintegrate
One of my most difficult struggles during this year’s reintegration process has been giving my husband the space he needs to merge gracefully back into our lives after a year-long military deployment. Since I had to get by without him for so long, it...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 10:00 AM
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Reintegration
Five Things You Will Regret When You Divorce
I like divorced people. Two of my brothers are divorced. I like the way they figured out that it wasn’t just the military that contributed to their divorces. I like the way they openly regret their mistakes. I like how they don’t point out that their...
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Mon, Aug 06 2012 5:18 AM
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Marriage & Family
New Clothes Breaking the Bank?
I’ll admit it: it’s been 16 years since I started kindergarten, but I still remember the very first thrill of going back-to-school shopping with my mom. New pencils, Lisa Frank unicorn folders, a fresh box of crayons, cute new shoes, a darling...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 6:20 AM
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Why I Decided the MilSpouse World is Better
When my husband and I PCSed from Yuma, Ariz. to the Pentagon, it was a welcome change. I’m a Chicago gal and was desperate for city life, a fat National Sunday paper to devour, hip neighbors, Hungarian, and Ethopian restaurants rather than Mexican food...
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Mon, Aug 13 2012 5:00 AM
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Civilians
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Resources
The Childless Confusion of Military Life
Childless confusion and childless ignorance invades all aspects of my life. Especially on a military base. I’m used to three distinct kinds of traffic here, and only three: base traffic, beach traffic, and the traffic that comes from every blue...
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Fri, Aug 31 2012 5:00 AM
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Marriage & Family
Touchdown: A Care Package for the Football Fan
With football season rapidly approaching your personal servicemember may be pining for his normal Monday night fun. So what do you do when you’re asked to ship the Gridiron Express halfway across the world? We’ve compiled seven easy football...
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Fri, Aug 10 2012 5:00 AM
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Deployment
Why I Hate “Resiliency,” and Something That Helped
What does it mean to be resilient? By definition “resilient” means “recovering easily and quickly from shock, illness, hardship, etc; irrepressible.” Quite honestly after both my husband’s, and my own military service I’m pretty...
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Fri, Aug 10 2012 1:00 PM
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Deployment
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Resources
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military spouse
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PTSD
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Heart Brain Connection
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Army Resiliency Training
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HeartMath Education and Resilience Training DVD
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Stess
Top 10 Reasons Why Back to School is Draining Our Wallets
Last week I spent $80 on school supplies. And that money didn’t buy me a single pair of jeans or sneakers. No, I dropped $80 just on classroom supplies that my children’s public school doesn’t provide. We military families watch our pennies, and it seems...
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Sat, Aug 11 2012 5:25 AM
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SpouseBUZZ.com
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kids
Schedule? We Need To Talk
Five little words men hate to hear: Honey, we need to talk. Five little words military spouses hate to hear: Let’s talk about the schedule. Ugh. The schedule. Let’s talk about the ship’s schedule. Let’s talk about how many days you are going to be gone...
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Wed, Aug 29 2012 5:03 AM
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SpouseBUZZ.com
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Deployment
The Secret Formula of MilSpouse Friendships
My spouse is leaving me. My surrogate spouse, that is. That’s what I call my best friend. She is my partner in crime, my gal pal, my confidant, my battle buddy, my stand-in spouse when my real spouse is gone. And in a few short days, she will be...
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Tue, Aug 21 2012 5:00 AM
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SpouseBUZZ.com
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PCS
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FRG/Spouse Support
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