To all the wonderful women working and volunteering with my BFF Ami, I wanted to send my love your way. Yes, Ami and I are Best Friends.  I know, I know, Ami…. Social? So hard to believe!  It may be equally shocking that I claim her. I kid, I kid.  Ami is one of the most incredible military wives that I have had the pleasure of getting to know. It is truly an honor to be her friend and call her my sister. I miss her terribly, but I am so happy for all of you in Japan to get the opportunity to have her in your life.

I love you and miss you Ami!!!! xoxoxo

**I have many incredible and entertaining stories to share about Ami, but sadly I need to wait for Chris to retire before sharing them. (You’re welcome Chris).

**This was written for a Sub Base Paper, but you can interpret it however needed for any other rate or branch.

This for all the Submariners who need a little help getting creative.  So guys, imagine dotted lines around this column because you will want to cut it out and keep a copy in your wallet to reference when needed.  This could give you some major brownie points.  Men and women are very different when it comes to expressing their feelings. Guys don’t sit around while at work talking about the most thoughtful thing their wife has ever done, or how it made them feel inside.  So, it only makes sense that it is hard for you to come up with thoughtful gestures and understand just how much it means to us.  Continue reading →

Last week we talked about the feeling of being forgotten when your husband leaves and you don’t have the contact that you are used to.  I wanted to list some of the things that spouses can do for each other during deployments to make it just a little easier. This week it’s all about the husbands.  And next week, you will have to cut this column out and put it on your husband’s dresser, because it will be about what husbands can do for their wives!

So, here is “The Husband List”. Send pictures.  I think that pictures are the most important thing you can do. Send pictures of friends, pets, beautiful scenery, trees, the beach, etc.  There are all different types of pictures that wives send.  Please, please, please, for the love of Pete, think before you send*sexy* pictures out with your husband.  It is one thing to send a beautiful sexy picture of you in his uniform shirt.  It is another to send more revealing photos.  Other men could see those pictures at some point. You can send beautiful, attractive pictures that will wow your husband without causing your husband to get into a fight with some guy to “defend your honor”.  Yeah, that has really happened. Continue reading →