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Military Caregivers: When You’re the One With PTSD

For the past eight years I have been caregiving for my veteran who has severe PTSD and a Traumatic Brain Injury and a bunch of...

Published Mon, Jun 26 2017 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Military Life, Caregivers

Mental Health Help for Kids at Army DoD Schools

There’s no question that military kids shoulder an abnormal amount of stress. And even as military officials work with local school districts to help educators...

Published Fri, Jun 30 2017 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: kids

Here’s Why You Should Travel When Your Spouse Is Deployed

By Julie Provost, MilitaryOneClick.com In 2009, my husband was deployed for the second time, and I decided the best way to get through the long...

Published Thu, Jul 06 2017 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Life

5 Ways to Beat the PCS Restaurants-Only Diet

It has finally happened. The boxes are packed. The truck loaded, you cleared housing with a miraculous clean record. Your children have said all their...

Published Tue, Jul 11 2017 7:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: PCS

How to Unsuck Your Next FRG Event

By Julie Provost, MilitaryOneClick.com FRG events always get a bad rap. They are supposed to be a nice time to get together with other spouses...

Published Sat, Jul 15 2017 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Military Community, FRG & Clubs

Poll: Would You Be Happier Outside the Military?

Happiness is a finicky thing. We spend hours of our days, often subconsciously, pursuing things because they make us happy. Heck, the U.S. was formed, at least in very small part, to protect the ever elusive “pursuit of happiness.” Yet we don’t often...

Published Mon, Oct 21 2013 3:20 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Poll

I'm Telling You, One of Us is Going to Win Something...

I won't post contests/sweepstakes on a daily basis as some of them might fall through the cracks, but the goal is 30 contests in 30 days, so I'll post a compilation of them twice a week or so. Background here....

Published Thu, May 27 2010 12:46 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

A Hobby Is Not the Answer

I haven't written anything lately because life has been hectic. My husband returned from Afghanistan ten days before our first child was born. For those of you who have reintegrated from a deployment and had a baby, I imagine you...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 6:01 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters, Reintegration

I Heart KISS

Good Stuff!

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 4:29 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

How do you handle "Good Bye?"

I hate to say "Good Bye." Whether I am moving, my friends are moving, or my husband is deploying, I do NOT like it! In the military world we tend to "run into" people we have known from other assignments....

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 8:30 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, PCS, Military Brats

While Snapshots of Arlington Run Through My Mind

Air Force Wife wrote an amazing, brutally honest post yesterday that summed up how I feel about what has been happening at Arlington too. I don't think I could add anything to what she said except cuss words so I...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 5:29 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters

Fit Club - Getting started

It took me wwwaaaaayyyyyy too long to get ready to start living a healthier lifestyle, so it is no surprise it has taken me a few weeks to get myself in gear to write this post. In addition to outshining...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 4:26 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

Hard Decisions and Change

A recent article in Stars and Stripes has a lot of people talking, and talking about a subject a subject sure to result in raised voices and anger in almost every conversation - the sustainability of military retirement benefits. Namely,...

Published Mon, Aug 09 2010 9:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Legal Issues, Finances

We are Never, Ever Moving All This Stuff Again

Ah, the joys of PCS. Today was the highly anticipated, and also highly dreaded, delivery of household goods. First the good news: almost no damage, and it all will fit in our house! Let the rejoicing begin! Before you get...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 1:04 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Unrealistic Tearjerkers

I will be the first to admit that while growing up, I would make fun of my mom when she would cry during commercials. Or during episodes of Little House on the Prairie. I thought she was bonkers. I continued to think so up until the time I gave birth...

Published Mon, Nov 14 2011 5:41 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

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