By Jaimi EricksonGuest Blogger It felt like a personal failure. Looking at my daughter’s academic assessment at the end of the year made me feel like I had failed as a parent. I want my children to find and use their strengths, but there is so much that they have to...
By Jaimi EricksonGuest Blogger I thought we would be retired from the military by now. My husband had mentioned some retirement dates, I got attached to them and here we are, still on Active Duty — a year past what I thought would be the start of retirement life. I...
There’s nothing more American than barbecue, and who better to serve it than those who served our country? It doesn’t matter if you prefer Carolina-, Memphis-, or Texas-style BBQ; or whether you like ribs, brisket, pulled pork, or chicken. There are some great...
By Tara SmithSpouseLink Ambassador& Guest Blogger I’ve been a military spouse since 2013. In the past 10 years, we’ve had three PCSs, moved four times, and my husband has lived OCONUS for two years during that time. One of the many things my civilian friends have...
By Jaimi EricksonGuest Blogger I signed up my children for all the sports thinking my active-duty spouse was going to be home. He was in a non-deployable billet — so we were told. There was going to be no long-distance travel on the agenda. Well, as a seasoned...
By Amanda HuffmanGuest Blogger When I first became a parent, I expected that when my kids turned five, I would send them to a traditional kindergarten at the public school in our neighborhood. There are a few things I have noticed in the past few years. And one of the...
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