MIPA - LIFE OF A MILITARY PARTNER

Let's play a game of Never Have I Ever - parenting-style.

A quickie about continued separation, wedding stress, and a growing belly and family!

About getting Covid as a Christmas present, and continuing long-distance but under one roof.

About trials of more separation, ''servicing the relationship car'' and our current situation living in diffrent states.

About the rollercoaster that is post-deployment reintegration.

With a poetic title, here is the long anticipated guest-blog by Man! He shares his side of the deployment - and quarantaine - experience.

The last bits are the hardest... Read about the anticipation of the big post-deployment reunion!

About lessons learned and habits formed or broken in Crazy Corona times

About the challenges and the hopes of living in times of a pandemic whilst your loved one is deployed.

About falling off a horse & managing fears.

A blog about cherishing independence - loaded with horsey puns.

About our first real deployment and winning the game called life.

A journey through the similarities between soldiers and nomads, and an exploration of what makes a Mipa an ‘in-dependant’.

On effort, ease and balance – and how great a metaphor yoga is for military life.

The to-do’s and not-to-do’s for smooth(legged) homecomings

About new chapters, permanent goodbyes, the ups and downs of being reunited under one roof again, life as a housewife and…. AN ENGAGEMENT!

Can evil be defeated without violence? An ethical reflection by a pacifist on when and why violence itself sometimes is a necessary evil...

On being the Bridget Jones of Military Partners….

Military partner: the job you never wanted when growing up, the job you never applied for, but the position you ended up in nevertheless.

Einstein and Kant on the topic of long-distance (sort of) and my 8 ways to overcome the challenge that it can be.