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13Mar 2021 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Bloom Where You Are Planted – 5 Things To Make A New House Feel Like Home

Bloom where you are planted! This statement rings true for military families. Every 2-3 years we are expected to uproot our families and move to a new place. This is definitely one of the hardest things about military life. It is hard to say “goodbye” to our home we have lived and made memories over the past few years. Seeing the stark white walls of military housing or moving to a new house can often be intimidating. With each PCS there are five things I would recommend doing to make your new house feel like home. Unpack your kitchen! One of the first things I always did was get my kitchen unpacked. I would even be unpacking it while the movers were there unloading the trucks. Everything went into the…

13Feb 2021 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Milspouse Love Story-Jesse and Rebecca Hyde

Military Spouse Life, Military Spouse Love Stories

My husband and I met when we were teenagers. Little did I know this handsome, cocky guy- who started out as "just a friend", would turn out to be my best friend, my mentor, my lover, the father of my children, and definitely my better half. At 18 years old he joined the Navy and left a small town in Mississippi to move on to bigger and better things. In September of 1998, I joined him in Great Lakes, IL to begin our military journey and never once looked back. I had no way of knowing what great things this man of mine would accomplish; but I knew I wanted to be by his side while he did it. I've learned many things from him during our years together: I've learned…

12Feb 2021 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Intimacy Talk with Courtney Boyer – Relationship Coach & Sexuality Educator

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Let's get down to it! INTIMACY Many of us think of S E X when we hear the word intimacy. But it's so much more. We had a conversation with Courtney Boyer, owner of Stepping Stones Coaching who breaks it all down for us. https://youtu.be/o0X1qS__IcE A Little about Courtney Courtney earned a B.A. in political studies from Whitworth University. During her senior year, she realized she had a passion for sexual health and education so she went and earned a Masters in Education in Human Sexuality, became a Certified Sexuality Educator, and worked as a sexuality educator in Indianapolis, Indiana. She went back to graduate school and received an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling, became a Certified National Counselor, and opened her own mental health and sex therapy practice in Puyallup,…

10Feb 2021 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Milspouse LOVE STORY-Megan and Sean Slaton

Military Spouse Life, Military Spouse Love Stories

Our love story starts off pretty typical-we met through a mutual friend. We met in 2013 while he was home on Christmas leave and every time he was home after that we all hung out together. I was with someone else at the time and he had just gone through a break-up. But he was always so sweet and fun so I enjoyed his company. On his Christmas leave in 2015, he came over to hang out with all of us. He told us he was preparing for a deployment a few weeks later. I hugged him tight before he left and he told me to reach out if I needed anything. By the end of January, my relationship I had been in took its final bow. My ex was…

09Feb 2021 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Milspouse Love Story -A Knight In Shining Armor

Military Spouse Life, Military Spouse Love Stories

6 years ago, I was in a broken place until a man who I met when we were 12 years old found me on Facebook. I was his first kiss and after his 13th birthday. I never saw him again. It wasn't until he in boxed me and asked me a couple of questions. I answered him because it’s only a few who would have known this tomboy 🙄. He said to me, "thank you for being so kind to me when we were kids. I have been looking for you for years." I smiled and didn’t take anything out of it. Months down the line he put in my inbox, "I know it’s early but I’m trying to lock it down." I was like, "yeah right." We were both…

09Jan 2021 by Ny No Comments

Pain and Prejudice

Military Spouse Life, Milspouse Conversations

I hope they all leave with him. I hope they will show solidarity and leave too. Maybe find a home over at Parler, a safe space for their rants and veiled attacks. It is hard to explain what it’s like to see some of the posts and commentary I’ve encountered over the years since Obama became President, which have only escalated during the Trump years. It is difficult to put into words the immense disappointment that occurs when a friend or loved one posts aggressive bigoted and sometimes racist material, sometimes using their own words or those of some strange unverifiable website or person. There is a deep pain that is felt when someone you think you know agrees with the racist and bigoted tenants so many people have fought…

05Jan 2021 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Have You Heard About Milspouse Conversations

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Have you heard about Milspouse Conversations? Well, if not, you want to take a moment to read all about it. Let's set the stage: Picture it.... you receive orders to a new duty station, you arrive and you're looking for your tribe to laugh with, get lost with as you explore, shoot the ..... (watch yo mouth now!) with, have a shoulder to cry on, conversate about how you feel and hit those real REAL topics and be YOURSELF when you talk about them. If that's you. Oh....it's you. You're in the right place! Milspouse Conversations is a group of military spouses and one military child hosting Real Raw. Real Topics. Real Conversations. These military spouses collectively have over 134 years of military spouse life under their belts and the…

14Dec 2020 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

Military Spouse Entrepreneurs You Should Know

Military Spouse Life

Military spouses are knocking it out of the park. Between juggling the homefront, navigating new locations, and all things between, many are also entrepreneurs. That's right. Military spouses are building their own businesses and making a FABulous impact in the world. We want to highlight some military spouse entrepreneurs you should know: Dawn The Tour Guide Often military families stationed in and around Washington, D.C. find the traffic, crowds, and public transportation systems intimidating. Because of this, combined with the busyness of daily life, they often miss out on many of the amazing opportunities and benefits available to those who live here. My vision at Dawn The Tour Guide is that every military family living in the National Capital Region will take full advantage of their time here to explore,…

13Nov 2020 by Jasmine Jones No Comments

Spending The Holidays With Family During COVID

Military Child Teen Life, Military Spouse Life

COVID-19 has ruined everything since March. It was understandable that large gatherings with strangers were stopped because who wants a random person breathing on them during a global pandemic? Then the CDC and other health organizations said that more people were catching it from people that they are close to and love, such as family and friends. With the most vulnerable being older people and people with compromised immune systems. The first few months of staying at home went smoothly because I don’t think most people thought it would last as long as it has. I know I thought I’d still have a summer and be back in school, but COVID had other plans. How to travel safely for the holidays during COVID-19 Now that the holidays are rolling around,…

01Nov 2020 by Milspouse Conversations No Comments

The Breakthrough You Need to Fight Holiday Loneliness

Military Spouse Life

Last Thanksgiving, I accidentally stumbled upon a breakthrough activity that connected me to my long-distance friends—cooking each other’s recipes and commenting back and forth about them on Instagram. I’m all about the in-person connection, but this holiday I was lonely and needed some company while I cooked. (more…)