Inexpensive (and Free!) Holiday Activities to Try with Your Military Family
We are officially immersed in what can quickly become the most expensive time of the year–the traditional Holiday/Christmas season. Many families g..
2018 Midterm Elections: Military Family Must-Knows About Voting
The 2018 midterm election day is just around the corner, and with everyone from Kayne to Taylor Swift weighing in on their political preferences, we..
3 Reasons the Military Made Me an Accidental Minimalist
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking I’m about to dive into a PCS sob story about how the movers scratched my grandmother’s china cabinet, s..
NMFA Spouse Scholarships: See How This Awesome Military Wife Built her Empire
Start a business, they said. It’ll be easy, they said.
Every business owner probably rolls their eyes when they think back to the humble beginnin..
NMFA Recognizes Three Outstanding Volunteers for 2017
NMFA was started by a few military spouses in 1969, and with the selfless service of volunteers giving their time, we’ve grown into what we are toda..
How We Survived PCS-Turned-Deployment Orders…and Lived to Tell!
My husband’s PCS orders to Atlanta were cancelled at the last hour, and, instead, he was deployed overseas.
In January of 2010, I was living in S..
Thanks, but No Thanks: What I Really Think of Your Deployment Advice
The D-Word.
Some fear it, some hate it, some welcome the time apart.
Whatever you think of deployments, we can all agree that having our servi..
We’re Not Crying…You’re Crying! We Don’t Deserve Military Working Dogs
They serve and protect just like their fellow service men and women. They train, deploy, and get the ‘bad guys.’ They just so happen to have four le..
Survive and Thrive: MCB Quantico, Virginia
Chances are, if you have a service member in the Marine Corps, you’ve heard of Quantico, Virginia. Nestled on the I-95 corridor just 40 miles south ..
New Year, Probably Not a New Me: 2018’s Most Okayest New Year’s Resolutions
“This year, I’m making my New Year’s resolution one that I can actually achieve,” I say each December, when I sit down to think about all the things..