• Dear COVID-19 Brides

    Dear COVID-19 Brides

    The plan is there is no plan. That's the reality of being a military spouse. What do you do when circumstances beyond your control affect your wedding like a pandemic such as the coronavirus or military orders?

  • First Trimester Update

    Fatigue. That’s all I have to really say about this first trimester. Well, more like fatigue and nausea. Before I knew I was pregnant and for a few weeks after, I was positive I had mono or something else. I was so tired. I am a busy-body, and overachiever- not a slacker or a couch potato! These last few months, I felt like I was hibernating I slept so much!

  • My Purpose

    I’m finding it really hard to explain what leaving my dream job is like. Probably because it still feels like a dream to me. A dream that I got this job in the first place, and a dream that it’s ending.

  • Flying Solo

    If you’re in a long distance relationship you don’t have the option of living with your spouse. So, what do you do? Live alone? Live with roommates? I’ve done both and it just depends on where you are in life. When I moved to Kansas in March of 2016 I lived on my own for the first time. I didn’t make much at KU but rent was cheap. I was paying a little over $600 a month for an 800 square foot apartment a few miles from campus. When I moved to Georgia in February of 2017 I quickly realized that living alone was no longer a luxury I could…

  • Staying Connected During Deployment

    By Jen Heisel My husband and I have been together for three-and-a-half years and in that time, he’s been on two deployments, multiple exercises, training across the country, night flights, overnight trips, etc. We had to learn very quickly how to not only make our relationship survive but also thrive, in the midst of time apart.

  • Distance For Him

    Distance is hard. Whether you’re the man or the woman in the relationship, distance effects both parties equally and in different ways. It’s very easy to think that you can make a long distance relationship work but making it happen is something that takes time, commitment, love, respect and a million other things. Most days are pretty easy, but it’s those hard days that really try you as a man and as a partner.

  • Wedding Wednesday | Our Vows

    I hounded Jett to work on his vows. About five or six months before our wedding I got us each little notebooks to write our vows in. I had looked at a bunch of different vow writing tips on Pinterest and done quite a few writing exercises, but honestly, I flew to Texas with no idea what I was going to say to Jett on our wedding day. Jett actually listened to me and finished his vows about three weeks before our wedding. You would think this would have made me happy right? Wrong. He ended up sending his vows to our friends and screenshotting their replies gushing over how…

  • Wedding Wednesday | Day Of Tips

    The BIG DAY! It’s here, or almost here. It’s crazy to think you’ve spent months planning for something that only lasts for a few hours. There are so many moving pieces to today, that something is bound to not go as planned. It’s okay. If you look up Type-A in the dictionary, I swear my picture is there. I thought I had everything planned to a T and taken care of… But that wasn’t the case. We had a few hiccups and our day was still perfect.