Military Mom Collective

When military families first find out they’re going to be stationed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, they tend to be less than thrilled. They were maybe hoping for somewhere a little more glamorous like California or Hawaii. In their minds,...

Spring is finally in the air, and Permanent Change of Station, better known as PCS season, is almost upon us! Are you one of the many military families that will be packing up your household goods and moving across...

Alarm goes off at half past six You hit snooze to get your fix Of the sleep you lost the night before As you frantically searched for a costume and more   Because your child has yet another theme day At least the 12th time...

Parents have completely ruined Easter Egg Hunts. Last year was the first and last time I will ever take my kid to an Easter Egg Hunt. She was 14 months old and had only been walking for just a few...

I vividly remember the day we got our orders for Oklahoma City. My husband just finished preliminary training and getting our selection that day was a big affair. His grades were so good that we had every reason to...

From where you sit, the afternoon light beams in, pleasantly illuminating the flowers on your dining room table. Then your gaze drifts down to the floor, where tufts of dog hair catch the light as they are blown around...

It was all about the title for our March book club selection, A Stranger in the House, by Shari Lapena. A little intrigue, a little mystery, and some good cover art really sucked me in - I could not...

Cockroaches.  The word is enough to get my anxiety pulsing; to set my heart racing; and to make me break out in a sweat.  I would rather see a snake or a spider or a clown or a Demogorgon. Granted, I...

My phone rang as I was leaving the grocery store. It was my husband. I hadn't thought much of it because he often calls just to see how my day is going. He's swell like that. "We have to move...

We all know that having a baby is completely life altering. Those first few months are tough. They are exhausting. You don’t have good days and bad days. You have good minutes and bad minutes. You get a lot...

First off, it wasn't a New Year's resolution. I don't like setting myself up for failure, so I never resolve to do anything that I don't really want to do. I don't know if it was the pancakes that...

I love my husband. My kids love my husband, too. My favorite times are when we are all at home together talking over dinner, cuddled up watching a movie, or taking a long walk. I’d rather have him home...