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From a Combat Veteran’s Ex: I Lost Myself Trying To Save Him

Living, Marriage
November 11, 2021
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By A.W. Cogent

From a Combat Veteran’s Ex: I Lost Myself Trying To Save Him

To you, the man weighed down by childhood and combat trauma . . . the man in whom I invested…

From a Combat Veteran to His Wife: I See You

Marriage
September 1, 2020
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By A.W. Cogent

From a Combat Veteran to His Wife: I See You

My beautiful wife, I see you watching me fight a war that did not end for me even after I…

What I Didn’t Know When I Became a Military Spouse

Living, Marriage
May 25, 2020
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By Tiffany Yoder

What I Didn’t Know When I Became a Military Spouse

I’m going to be perfectly honest: I had no intention of leaving the state of Pennsylvania when I went to…

Take it From a Military Spouse: When All This is Over, You Will Be Changed

Living
April 9, 2020
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By Ashlee Beasley

Take it From a Military Spouse: When All This is Over, You Will Be Changed

Dear world, When all of this is over, something strange is going to happen. When the quarantine lifts and we…

To the Mama Whose Husband is Deployed When the World Feels Scary

Living
March 21, 2020
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By Samantha Krieger

To the Mama Whose Husband is Deployed When the World Feels Scary

You see her driving up to the Chick-fil-A drive-thru a few hours before dinnertime to beat the long lines. She’s…

Grief, Journal, Relationships
July 3, 2017
777 Views
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By Valli Vida Gideons

Those Damn Boots

It’s almost like having surgery. You are unsure going in and wake up feeling nervous. Hazy. And when you…

Journal, Relationships
May 11, 2017
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By Bailey Suzio

Salute to the Military Wife

When I said, "I do" three years ago, I wasn't just joining my husband in marriage, I was also joining…

Journal, Relationships
July 19, 2016
321 Views
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By Anna Butler

“Honey, I’m Home!” Military Edition

It will be a year in October that we moved to Tennessee, and for the past five months I have…

Faith, Journal, Relationships
April 21, 2016
638 Views
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By Blair Cissell

Deployment Diaries

Me: "How was your day, baby?" The Hubby: "Well actually a car bomb went off about a mile away from us…

Just Be Strong: A Motto We May Want to Rethink

Faith, Journal, Mental Health
April 19, 2016
388 Views
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By Anna Butler

Just Be Strong: A Motto We May Want to Rethink

One of my friends shared an article with me a few weeks ago, written by a fellow military spouse and…

Faith, Inspiration, Journal, Relationships
February 16, 2016
304 Views
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By Anna Butler

Life, Love, and Lessons Learned

Waiting is hard. Waiting for someone you love to come back home, waiting for a book to be delivered from…

Faith, Journal, Relationships
January 6, 2016
717 Views
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By Nina Leicht-Crist

Why wait?

My husband was in the Army for 20 years and I have been by his side for the last 17+…

military spouse

From a Combat Veteran’s Ex: I Lost Myself Trying To Save Him

From a Combat Veteran to His Wife: I See You

What I Didn’t Know When I Became a Military Spouse

Take it From a Military Spouse: When All This is Over, You Will Be Changed

To the Mama Whose Husband is Deployed When the World Feels Scary

Those Damn Boots

Salute to the Military Wife

“Honey, I’m Home!” Military Edition

Deployment Diaries

Just Be Strong: A Motto We May Want to Rethink

Life, Love, and Lessons Learned

Why wait?

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