Military Mom Collective

I am sure you have probably seen the Progressive Insurance commercials making fun of turning into your parents. My favorite line might be “that’s some good mulch.” This is mostly because my husband and I just had a ton...

It was hard to take fashion advice from someone who used to dress like a pirate on the regular, but there I was standing in front of my husband in my Soffe shorts and flip-flops being told to go...

To the new military spouse: I see you. You are standing by the wall at a squadron function. You alternate between timid and brazen, depending on your personality. Your eyes flit over every person there. You stay close to your significant...

Being deep in the throes of a PCS purge, I find myself ruminating on one -- seemingly impossible -- idea. So impossible, in fact, I guarantee that as my husband reads these very words, he’ll be left mouth agape,...

"Sorry about my legs. I was running late and I didn't have time to shave," I confessed to my massage therapist. "That's ok," she said with a shrug. "It doesn't bother me." I'd like to say that I took her at...

  Dining Out, Formal Mess, Military Ball -- whichever your branch does, there’s probably one coming up in your near future. On the fence about going to a formal military event? Here are my reasons why you should attend! Go to the...

  You’d never expect the boy next door to rape and kill you. This isn’t how this post was supposed to begin. I was planning to lead with a joke. It was supposed to be funny, albeit dark, and it was...

There are three little words that I’ve finally started to pay more attention to in my 40s. The truth is I’ve said them many times during the past two decades of adult life. What are they? Must Be Nice. As in,...

It is a familiar tale. Boy meets girl, boy pursues girl, boy and girl fall in love and live happily ever after. But in The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, the familiar yet unconventional tale occurs among war,...

Have you ever had a friend announce she was moving and - within three weeks - she was gone? Have you ever had your spouse deploy with 24 hours notice? Have you ever left a unit feeling like you didn’t...

Let me start off by saying, any spouse who supports his or her service member in any branch of service - I salute you (Wait, can I do that?)! If you are one of the lovely women or men who...

  Over the years my self-care needs have changed. For me, self-care used to mean going out of the house and being away from my kids for a while. Being in the house was not relaxing for me as a...