Regardless of age, military retirees love military discounts. No matter where we go — hardware stores, movie theaters, diners, golf courses, bookstores, my husband asks THAT question: “Do you have a military discount?”

A National State of Emergency in children’s mental health has been declared. And it only gets worse when you consider military dependents and the disruption that frequent moves and an unpredictable lifestyle causes.

I’ve learned over the years that true appreciation for motherhood is best felt, not described in words on a store-bought Mother’s Day card. The best way to fully comprehend the instinctual and emotional feelings of motherhood is to experience parenthood for oneself.

Being stationed in far-flung places can make for a beautiful mix of friendships of different nationalities and ages. Some of those bonds might even last a lifetime.

Loneliness is an important subject because it affects everyone, especially those in the military community who change locations regularly. How we deal with it is important.

Preparing for Easter — and more to the point, Lenten deprivation — makes us all a little crazy.

There’s nothing to regulate service members’ nutrition after retirement. Here’s what it might look like if a former service member made his own nutrition wheel.

What if, just what if, I sustained some kind of non-life-threatening injury or illness that would require me to be in the hospital, or at least in bed, for a couple of weeks?

Even though the Blue Star Families Military Family Lifestyle surveys always cover financial challenges such as military pay concerns, lack of affordable childcare and chronic military spouse under- and unemployment, the most recent report revealed some surprising new money-related statistics.

Children in military families grow up in a unique context that makes their experiences different from other peers. We need to take extra time to listen to and reassure them.

Coffee is my lifestyle, my culture, my manifesto, my identity. Tea is a poor substitute.

Even an island paradise gets old after awhile.

There always seems to be just one more thing to do before it’s time to work out. And yes, putting on spandex counts as progress.

Something was imprinted in my psyche many years ago that makes me associate winter with snow, and snow with pleasure.

How do I love thee? It’s complicated. It’s contradictory. It’s ironic. It’s beautiful.

I had become so capable, handy and independent through many moves and deployments, my military husband had become accustomed to relying heavily on me at home. Maybe too heavily? Should I have shown more vulnerability?

There is one milspouse matter that affected me in such a profound way, my life has been forever changed — The military spouse unemployment problem.

A recreational sport intended to provide positive family memories and adrenaline-fueled euphoria, skiing actually sends us to the brink of divorce.

Modern-day folks tend to focus on and remember the negative news items. But living that way can make for a pretty limiting existence.