By Jaimi EricksonContributing Writer Sixteen years ago, sitting in a room of Marines and their spouses, I was energized to be the ideal military spouse. I had a family member tell me, “You are going to be a great military spouse because you like being a mother hen and...
By Jaimi EricksonContributing Writer Now that my husband and I are knee-deep into the retirement process, I realize that we should have started retirement planning a few years ago. While it’s too late for me to go back and change our retirement timeline, I am...
By Andrea ScherpichSpouseLink Ambassador When my husband Jim received the email informing him that he was selected for a great promotion, it was so exciting for us. But within a day or two we also got the news that, although we have only been at our current military...
By Amanda HuffmanContributing Writer How often have you made a resolution at the beginning of a new year only to have given it up by the middle of January? Giving up on resolutions isn’t surprising. It’s really hard to form a new habit and even harder to break an old...
By Jaimi EricksonGuest Blogger In my mind, we are still the new military couple that just moved into our first home on base. The years have unrolled before us and we have lived fully through every inch of the journey. But as I look back at my spouse’s career, it feels...
By Jaimi EricksonGuest Blogger It was a scenario out of a movie, or one that felt like it anyway. We had just moved to a new base when our first baby was six weeks old. It was our first home on a military installation and I was excited to lean into the military spouse...
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