by Annie and Tracey | Jun 14, 2023 | Military Life, PCS Tips
Guest post written by Danielle Smith The Adventure Begins Traveling and road trips fuel my soul – pretty much anything within 24 hours was “driving distance” for me and anyone willing to come along. AL to MN for a 3-day weekend – ALL IN! Unplanned detour to Chicago on...
by Annie and Tracey | Jun 7, 2023 | Living Like a Local, Military Life
Guest post written by Jessica Bowman Welcome to Northern Virginia Fort Belvoir is in the heart of Northern Virginia, less than 20 miles from the nation’s capital! This installation south of Washington, D.C. offers a small-town community and its conveniences in the...
by Annie and Tracey | May 31, 2023 | Military Life, PCS Tips
Guest post written by Sara Andrews “Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.” – CS Lewis There are many words that have been used to describe military families. Some descriptions are heavily laden with adoration...
by Annie and Tracey | May 24, 2023 | Military Life
Guest post written by Emily Tighe We’ve all heard the expression. It’s on every social media “We’re PCSing” post, every good-natured Sunday sermon at the main post chapel, and at every hail and farewell, spouse coffee, or end-of-year function. We have it on garden...
by Lizann Lightfoot | May 17, 2023 | Military Life, PCS Tips
This post originally appeared on The Seasoned Spouse. Military families have a choice to make when they get PCS orders: should you let the military moving companies move you, or move yourselves? The second option is commonly called a DITY move or Do-it-Yourself move....
by Annie and Tracey | May 10, 2023 | Military Life
Guest Post written by Crystal Abitz, PhD Life is hard. Life is exceptionally hard for military families. We already know this. I’m not going to exhaust myself by going into detail explaining the hardships we experience. Instead, I’m going to provide some strategies to...