Military Moms

Why does it have to be so hard for a military spouse to find a new job?  That’s kind of a rhetorical question but if anyone has answers, I’m willing to listen! I am currently trying to rejoin the workforce...

Summers in the Mojave Desert don't play by the rules. It's only mid-June and the highs this week are predicted to sizzle around 111 and 113. I look at my phone for the current temperature to make sure our...

My name is Megan DeCrosta and I am the creator of CutTheFiscalFat.com through which we teach financial literacy to teens and young adults. I created Cut The Fiscal Fat because fundamental and essential information regarding money, credit, and finances...

After a thousand mile road trip, I finally asked my sister the question I wasn’t sure I wanted the answer to, “Do you think she’ll remember who I am?” I held my breath, anticipating her response. She pulled...

It is no secret that being in the water during summer months is unavoidable. We just bought a home with a pool and now more than ever, I want to ensure my children are safe around water. According to the...

Military spouses are pretty experienced at the art of starting over in a new place and trying to make new friends but what do you do when you find yourself in ‘Friendship No Man’s Land’? For the first five years...

Hello from Taylor Whitson - the new Military Mom Collective owner! What an exciting opportunity to continue to build upon the hard work Rachel and Amie have cultivated here at The Military Mom Collective. I have been lucky to have been...

While reading fellow blogger Lindsay Swoboda’s recent post, “Trusting the Transition”, I found myself transformed back to when I was learning to drive a manual transmission and had a remarkably similar—and equally memorable—experience of being stalled in an intersection...

Military spouses hate the word "goodbye." It commands many negative thoughts, memories, and emotions that we tend to mask it with other terms and phrases. "Goodbye for now" or "See ya later, not goodbye" come to mind; military life...

I have some amazing friends, and they live all over the place. I want to be a better friend to them, no matter where we live. Many of them live far away. I know their kids, spouses, and the hashtags...

I think it's great how "sensory processing" has made its way into everyday conversations, classroom activities, and mainstream life. A decade or two ago, sensory processing activities were more or less only found in therapy clinics for a select...

I recently wrote about losing a dear friend to cancer. Knowing that she was dying, my friend went through her scrapbooks and photo albums, gathering correspondence and pictures from her close friends to give to them. I know she...