The Friday before Mother's Day is Military Spouse Appreciation Day. A day to recognize military spouses, and appreciate all that they do, standing by their service member. The post What To Appreciate About Military Spouses appeared first on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

How to Have a Good Mother’s Day When You Are the Only Adult in the House Mother’s Day, 2007. My husband was in Iraq, and I was home with my almost six-month-old and two-year-old. These kids were not old enough to even know that Mother’s Day was supposed to be a special day. I got... Read More The post How to Have a Good Mother’s Day When You Are the Only Adult in the House appeared first on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

As a military spouse or service member with TRICARE, you do not have to buy a breast pump. That's right. TRICARE covers breast pumps. One for each and every baby. The post Preparing For Baby With a New Breast Pump appeared first on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

Giving birth when your spouse is deployed is common in the military spouse community. If you walk into a room of Military spouses and ask how many of them have given birth when their spouse was deployed, you would get quite a few hands. It is something that has happened to a lot of us.... Read More The post Giving Birth When Your Spouse Is Deployed first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

I saw them every day. I went to school with them. Military kids. I remember driving on base to pick up a friend. I think the gate guards had to call her house to get their okay to let us in. This was pre-9/11 of course. I remember hearing about how my friend’s dad always... Read More The post What Military Spouses Want Their Civilian Friends to Know first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

Tom Selleck is one of my favorite actors! He is also a veteran, having served in the California National Guard. The post Famous Military Veterans: Tom Selleck Served in the Military first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

You don’t have to be a military spouse for too long to have had the military cancel your plans. Whether it is something small, like a date you had planned, or an appointment you needed them to be with you at, to bigger things such as a deployment changing its dates, or a move being... Read More The post 4 Things to Do When the Military Cancel Your Plans first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

Growing up, I didn’t think a whole lot about if the person I married in the future would be in the Military or not. I was aware of the Military. My Grandparents had served, my Dad was in the Air Force before he met my mom. My mom even taught at a DOD school in... Read More The post 9 Reasons Why Being A Military Spouse Is Amazing first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

Spring is almost here, and with so much going on in our lives, it can feel like we need a practical military spouse guide to spring cleaning in order to focus on the tasks at hand. Whether you’re gearing up for a potential PCS in the coming year or simply aiming to enhance the livability... Read More The post The Practical Military Spouse Guide to Spring Cleaning Your Life first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more

Military families PCSing with a pet are now eligible for reimbursement. They receive $2,000 overseas, $550 within the contiguous U.S., covering quarantine, microchipping, and other fees, but only for one dog or cat since January 1. The post PCSing with a Dog or Cat: Will the Military Pay? first appeared on Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life ..read more