Mark your calendars now for the Back to School Tax-Free Weekends for 2023! Find out what states will offer tax-free weekends and which ones will not. Wasn’t it just the other day when we virtually said goodbye to all our friends at the end of a very unusual school year again for many students? Now we are nearing the start…
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Save Money on Back to School Items During Your State’s Tax-Free Weekend
PCS Orders: An Effective Strategy to Decide What is Best for Your Family
All is well as you finally feel settled into your duty station. You have been able to do some exploring and sightseeing in the area. Plus being able to spend some quality family time with your service member is the best part. Before long you find yourself thinking about what is in the cards for your next set of orders…
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A New Season of Emotions! The PCS Move
Tick-Tock, tick-tock – time is counting down at your current duty station and you suddenly get the itch. You know, the “moving itch”, because it is about that time to get orders to PCS (Permanent Change of Station) again – in civilian terms that means moving. Emotions are running high for you and your family. While the military is full…
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What to do When You Feel Lonely as a Military Spouse
As a military spouse, do you find you struggle with feelings of loneliness? Especially after a PCS move or during deployment? You’re not alone because even for seasoned military spouses, loneliness creeps in. So for new military spouses, it is understandable you are struggling too. Getting married is an exciting time and I thought a great adventure was ahead as…
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Do I Have to Learn a New Language?
I was always asking what things meant or what the military acronyms stood for when I first became a part of the military circles as a girlfriend. Sometimes I felt as though I was the only one who didn’t know what everyone else was saying. Which in turn made me not want to even ask anymore because I was embarrassed….
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