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Marriage, if it is going to last, is about more than just being in love. True love means that you are not just in love, but you are also friends. Military couples have many added obstacles in marriage. Strong marriages have strong foundations in friendship. Don’t worry, you do not have to like your spouse [...]
Building a strong and healthy marriage is a lot of work, and even the strongest marriages will be tested along the path of life. People who stick out the worst often later say they acquired a new sense of appreciation for their spouse and had a deeper sense of marital satisfaction. Families who stay together [...]
You go to the doctor for regular check-ups, do the same for your marriage. Prevention and early detection is a key to physical health and wellness. The wonderful thing about regular visits is catching diseases, health problems and concerns before troubling symptoms and complications set in. You can treat the problem while it is small [...]
During deployment service members will tell you there is nothing better than receiving stuff from home! I tend to send tons of letters and get the first few care packages off without a hitch… then I am at a loss of what else to send. While my spouse assured me repeated packages with the same [...]
They say distance may make the heart grow fonder, but they fail to mention that distance can let the romance squander just as well. Being romantic can be extremely difficult across thousands of miles, especially for a deployed spouse stuck in the middle of a war. The communication may be minimal and sporadic and the [...]
Marriage is a challenge—a beautiful, intimate union, yes, but a challenge nonetheless. For a military couple, marriage not only entails the typical chore quarrel, parenting squabble and financial feud, but also a whole separate realm of anxiety, fear, and loneliness. The military may try to compensate with bonus pay and the occasional leave, but good [...]
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