Voices

The guidance and encouragement Corie Weathers offers to military spouses is not abstract. It’s concrete, drawn from her daily life as an army spouse and mother of two. Corie is the author of Sacred...

Military life has plenty of challenging situations, and the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic have raised the stress level of those challenges for military families. Army wife Judy Davis, author of Right Side Up:...

Several weeks of sheltering at home together reminds families what they love about one another. It can also remind them of all the behaviors, habits, and quirks that absolutely drive them up the wall....

Amy Bushatz knows firsthand the power of telling stories, particularly the stories of military families. As a coauthor of Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life, and executive editor of...

After his daughter, Kate, was born with special needs in 2002, submariner Jeremy Hilton left the U.S. Navy for a new mission: caring for Kate. Sea duty required frequent absences, so Jeremy and his...

Military childhood can be colorful and exciting. It has challenges, but also many rewards: growing up in different states and countries, experiencing a wide range of cultures at home and abroad, being part of...

Caregivers of wounded warriors must be warriors too, says army wife and author Jacqueline Goodrich. Eleven days after the birth of her second child in 2011, Jacqueline woke up to a phone call with life-changing...

When a loved one is deployed, a military family is full of wishes: that their service member will be safe, that they will be home soon, that the children will adjust to the separation....