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We Don't Need No Reintegration! 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
This family is completely out of whack. During deployment we rolled along, sure. But we were running like one of our tires was firmly mounted on a 6000-mile axel. Now that Brad is home, we need to ...
Balance? Just the Word Makes Me Laugh! 24 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
This week on our e-blog series, "Everyone Serves - A Handbook for Family and Friends of Service Members" we are talking about "balance" - just the word makes me laugh. When I hear the word "balance,...
Military Spouse Unemployment Backgrounder: Defining the Problem 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Our friend Craig Newmark is such a huge supporter of military families and we are SO incredibly thankful for folks like him -- the ones who use their power for GOOD instead of evil. So thanks Craig, w...
BSF is Hiring! 23 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
We are currently hiring a Director of Development! Reporting to the Managing Director (MD), the Director of Development serves as a key leadership team member and an active participant in making str....
BSM #4 — Rainy-Day Fun at Jacksonville’s MOCA 22 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
Downtown Jacksonville is a busy place to be and I don’t go there often. The traffic alone is enough to wear my patience. I braved the crowds this afternoon to take the kids to a theater performance at...
Twitter Chat information! 21 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Please join us for a Twitter chat on the risks facing, and the resources available to, military families with young children. There are more than 500,000 children under the ages of six being raised in...
Deployment Week! 20 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
It's deployment week for the Hicks Household, and let's just say it has been quite the roller-coaster. In fact, to the brave few who have dared to ask me how we're doing, that is exactly the term I us...
It's HERE! 20 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
It's finally here! The deployment we've been planning for (and dreading) since January kicked off earlier this week, when the Fighting Eagles said their goodbyes to friends and family and headed out t...
Learning From Other Milspouses 20 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
One of the best things about living in the Internet age is being able to connect with other Military Spouses, to hear what they have to say and to learn from them. This was of course done in years pas...
Deployment: A Family Affair 20 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
As I wrote in my previous post for Blue Star Families, my father-in-law Nick suffered a massive heart attack and subsequently underwent a successful triple bypass surgery. The initial grim prognosis ...
