Remember back when I started the “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along” series and answered some questions and had some great bloggers and posted a contest? A Canadian Contest Ya. That. Let’s get back to what we started, shall we? Starting with a guest post by an Air Force Vet and current Air Force Spouse! _________________________________________________________________________ This is MilLifeRocks, you can find her on Twitter here! She had some quick thoughts on being a duel service family, as well as an Air Force Family. When you hear people talking about ‘finding balance’in their lives, we can relate. That was our everyday life when we were a dual Air Force couple. There were three children to raise (the fourth came after I was out of active service) and a house to maintain. There were days when it didn’t seem like we were both going to be able to give our unit what it required from us. We worked very hard at overcoming the inevitable glitches that happen with those things called plans, but it was stressful when we had to be five places at once. At one base, we were fortunate to have my parents and siblings nearby. This allowed us to spend a lot of time together as a couple. It was easier to study for promotions, military courses and college classes with them having the kids to their homes. I know some families will never have the perfect timing of family thirty minutes away when life is at its busiest. We are similar to other military families in wanting to know what’s next! Where? When? Similar in not wanting to be separated for days, weeks and months. The negatives are that some spouses…
This blog series is called Why Can’t We All Just Get Along What that means, is that sometimes we tend to turn life into a big loser contest, where we figure we have it harder than everyone else. Especially on Military forums and support groups. We judge the experiences of different branches, different bases, different families, and we argue over who has it worse. Let’s not anymore, okay? So in this series, I have some amazing guest bloggers who have written me what it’s like to walk a mile in their shoes. The good and the bad. Because all our struggles and victories may be different, but that doesn’t make them any less valid. And for my readers who are not military, it’s a chance to see how unique each military family is and what their day to day life is like! Before each blogger, I am going to take a moment to answer a question from you guys about what it’s like to be a Canadian military spouse. And the best part is, commenting and asking a question enters you into a draw for Canadian Maple Syrup candies! When the series is all done, I will use random.org to pick one of our question-askers as the winner of the candies :). A Canadian Contest Today’s question comes from Sarah, and I love it! (And I totally do. All the time 🙂 When we were at Fort Drum and lived on the St. Lawrence River across from Canada, I spent a good amount of my day staring over the water and wondering what was going on over there. Do the people on the Canada side…
This blog series is called Why Can’t We All Just Get Along What that means, is that sometimes we tend to turn life into a big loser contest, where we figure we have it harder than everyone else. Especially on Military forums and support groups. We judge the experiences of different branches, different bases, different families, and we argue over who has it worse. Let’s not anymore, okay? So in this series, I have some amazing guest bloggers who have written me what it’s like to walk a mile in their shoes. The good and the bad. Because all our struggles and victories may be different, but that doesn’t make them any less valid. And for my readers who are not military, it’s a chance to see how unique each military family is and what their day to day life is like! Before each blogger, I am going to take a moment to answer a question from you guys about what it’s like to be a Canadian military spouse. And the best part is, commenting and asking a question enters you into a draw for Canadian Maple Syrup candies! When the series is all done, I will use random.org to pick one of our question-askers as the winner of the candies :). A Canadian Contest So today I decided to answer a question from the fabulous guest blogger today! Elizabeth had A LOT to ask, which is so awesome. I’m going to try and be to the point so this doesn’t take long and we can get to her great post! Is it difficult with part of the country speaking French and part…
This blog series is called Why Can’t We All Just Get Along What that means, is that sometimes we tend to turn life into a big loser contest, where we figure we have it harder than everyone else. Especially on Military forums and support groups. We judge the experiences of different branches, different bases, different families, and we argue over who has it worse. Let’s not anymore, okay? So in this series, I have some amazing guest bloggers who have written me what it’s like to walk a mile in their shoes. The good and the bad. Because all our struggles and victories may be different, but that doesn’t make them any less valid. And for my readers who are not military, it’s a chance to see how unique each military family is and what their day to day life is like! Before each blogger, I am going to take a moment to answer a question from you guys about what it’s like to be a Canadian military spouse. And the best part is, commenting and asking a question enters you into a draw for Canadian Maple Syrup candies! When the series is all done, I will use random.org to pick one of our question-askers as the winner of the candies :). A Canadian Contest So today’s question comes from Lauren Cecora (Lauren, please message me your email so I can contact you if you win), she asked How different are the uniforms? Not a whole lot, I don’t think. Most soldiers (and some sailors and airman day to day) wear Cadpat. That’s the name of the Canadian Disruptive Pattern…
I’ve written something like this before, here. It was called ‘Seeking Understanding’. Cause, well, we all crave that, don’t we. Someone who ‘gets us’. Then yesterday, my Social Media lit up with a blog written by an American Army Wife who decided to call out one of the other branches of the Military for not being worthy of being compared to her husband’s branch. In fact, she went so far as to say they had no right to call themselves Soldiers, or for their wives to be referred to as ‘Army Wives’. I’m not going to give her blog any more traffic with a link. (Doesn’t that make my blog sound all important like the traffic it would generate would be enormous!) The truth is, this post is more about realizing the ways I act like her instead of just taking her on. She’s entitled to her opinion and mine are probably not going to change them. I can only imagine how she feels about Canadian military calling themselves Soldiers and Army Wives. I mean, we don’t even have our own Drama on Lifetime. Instead, I will say that as Military Wives…. or lets be honest, as human beings, we do this in other, much less obnoxious levels all. the. time. Check out any forum of people with similar experiences. “You were only in labour 4 hours? Oh honey, I did 92 hours of hard labour and have 110 stitches and I still left the next day and walked 5 miles home with my baby in a sling. With. No. Drugs.” “You just have…
