Prepare your child for a parent's deployment with these tips! Preparing for a deployment is never easy. Luckily, there are a multitude of tools and checklists to help spouses and families deal with this experience. We've found something missing amongst these tools: a checklist to prepare your little one for a parent's
Day 1- Breathe. Relax. Get your kids together and tell them that you are all going to get through this. That you are there for them and you will make it through.
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Spouse just deployed? You deserve to rest! Start planning a relaxing vacation for yourselves with these 4 tips for planning your post-deployment vacation.
The strangest thing after a deployment is that feeling that you don't know one another like you used to, like you did before they left.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Unilever & Operation in Touch via MSB New Media. The opinions and text are all mine. When John was deployed, I found myself saying, "I can't do this anymore" more than I care to admit. I couldn't stand one more minute of deployment. I
Dun dun dun… the time has come. Our first deployment with a child that is a toddler. Last deployment, Anakin was only an infant. The one before that, he was growing in my belly! We’re e…
The best products to help kids with deployment, proven to provide the support military kids need to help them overcome this difficult time.
Towards the end of John's deployment, I began reflecting on the past year and wrote a series of posts about everything that had happened and what I had learned from it.
It's always a shock when my husband tells me he has to deploy. I go through various emotions coping with deployment separation.
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Unilever & Operation in Touch via MSB New Media. The opinions and text are all mine. When John was deployed, I found myself saying, "I can't do this anymore" more than I care to admit. I couldn't stand one more minute of deployment. I
We all hear that that the active duty spouse comes back different after deployment, but what we don't hear about is how it affects the ones who stay behind.
In a single instant my butterflies disappeared and a gapping whole burned into my heart. Seriously. For real. He just got home. I was speechless.
A deployment countdown helps measure a deployment and show you how far you have come. Use these fun deployment countdown ideas for kids or adults!
There are many things you should not do when your spouse is deployed. Most of us can think of at least ten off the top of our heads. It took me a while to learn that my biggest mistake was during deployment, and I did it EVERY HOUR. When deployment is in full swing we can find ourselves looking for any and all insight into what is happening where our spouse is. We think the news on tv or online will tell us what is happening.....it won't. I turned to the 24 hour news cycles on tv and my ever updating twitter feed for any nuggets of precious information I could find...fact or rumor. I would even scour the DOD news releases to see if anything happened that hadn't been reported yet. I became addicted to the news and it was making me miserable. I had to repeat in my head over and over, "No news is good news." It really does seem contradictory, but I'd rather not know certain things until I knew he was safe. When he went on his first mission he said to me "Eh, I'll be back in maybe 8 hours," and didn't hear back from him for over 14 hours. Turns out everything was fine, but my anxiety went into overdrive and I was researching the internet. I guess I somehow thought ABC News would hear from him before I did. What I should've done (besides not asking the question in the first place) is waited no matter how stressful it was. More than likely, everything is okay and they are safe. I was not the one the deployed...he was. I needed to be present in my own life instead of wondering what he was up to all the time. Is that a hard thing to do? Yes. Is it worth it? ABSOLUTELY. I still had a great time with friends and family while working. There is no perfect scenario that plays out with the military. Just like you can't control what happens to your hair no matter how much you might try...the same goes for deployments.
Deploy to Purple Heart Lane on February 18th!
We're off on our honeymoon! I will be far away from the computer (although I promise I've got a lot of awesome, new posts in store upon my return.) While I'm gone, I've got scheduled posts for you! Towards the end of John's deployment, I began reflecting on the past year and wrote a series
Sometimes the greatest life lessons come in the most surprising places.
I am not going to pretend that I'm the guru of homecomings . I've only been through one and am in awe of the couples who have been through two... or three... or five... or more.But for those of you who are anticipating or are in your first deployment, this may come in handy for
When I married Jamie in January 2011, I knew that a deployment to Afghanistan was looming. I knew that the first year of our marriage would be untraditional and that there would be hard times, but I had no idea what our lives in the military would hold once he returned in 2012. In hindsight I don't
Discover programs, products and free resources to help military kids get through a parent's military deployment. These are the best deployment resources for military kids.
