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I am giving birth to my first child this summer. Eek! *This post is sponsored by Telemynd. A national mental health company dedicated to servicing military members and families. Their team of licensed therapists and prescribers are there to help you get the care you need. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I'm…
Continue reading ➞ 12 Ways I’m Prepping My Mental Health For Childbirth & Postpartum Life
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"I can't have kids. I can't do it." *This post is sponsored by Telemynd. A national mental health company dedicated to servicing military members and families. Their team of licensed therapists and prescribers are there to help you get the care you need. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I am no stranger…
Hello readers! Long time no see! A lot has been happening in our lives the last couple of years. But most recently.... We are expecting a baby!! Woohoo!!! We found out right before Christmas, told our family on Christmas day and have been enjoying (mostly) every second of it since then! I am currently 4…
Hello there! New to The Short Wife? Let me give you a quick run down. My name is Erin, I am a military spouse and that's basically my whole personality. I'm also a dog mom, enjoy cooking and eating, reading multiple books a week, walking, and talking about Mental Health. *GIVEAWAY CLOSED* But that's not…
"I don't know how I'm supposed to make it through this 8 month deployment. How am I supposed to live alone? How will I cope each day? How do I do this?!" I repeated the phrase before he left many, MANY, times, usually with tears in my eyes. But now that we are on the…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Things That Helped Me Get Through Deployment
Happy Meal Plan Monday, Readers! Happy October!! Man, can you believe its October already? I have to say, living in North Carolina is one of the best things we have ever done. We absolutely love it here! Making some really good friends, staying busy, people visiting us, eating good food, great weather, and house projects.…
If you follow me on any of my social media sites, you know by now that we have a Golden Retriever, named Kylo, and he's been with us for a while now. We LOVE him. He's traveled with us for two cross country moves and our most recent one to the house we bought! *This…
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This is the 2nd part of the moving post. Click Here to read last weeks moving post. As I have mentioned before in this post, physically moving is not the part that sucks. I mean it is definitely hard, but it is not the hardest part. You see, there are two parts to moving: The…
Continue reading ➞ The Emotional Side of Moving: “I can’t do this again”
Nebraska to Virginia. Virginia to Florida. Florida to California. California to North Carolina (yikes). That's a total of over 7,000 miles. That's all the states we've moved to. And, somehow, we have kept most of our sanity. Definitely a few bumps and rocks on the way (literally, now I have two long cracks in my…
Continue reading ➞ Moving Across The Country: Tips To Prepare
Moving isn’t the part that sucks. Uh, you guys. Here’s how I’m really feeling. I don’t want to move, for multiple reasons. We LOVE California. We love the weather, the people, our neighbors, how much stuff there is to do, how dog friendly it is, everything. However, physically moving isn’t the part that sucks. STARTING…
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