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What Closing the Distance Has Taught Me Thus Far
Two months ago, I packed my entire life up into my Honda Civic and drove across the country to finally close this damn distance between...
Breanne Cassidy
Nov 29, 20182 min read
Closing the Distance: How to Start Your Move Two Months Ahead
Freaking out is an understatement. I am officially two months out from picking up my entire life, moving it across the country and I am a...
Breanne Cassidy
Aug 1, 20184 min read
Two Simple Rules for Your Sub Ball/Navy Ball Dress
Dress shopping for Sub Ball was so stressful and, when I look back on it, it really didn’t have to be. I spent hours looking through my...
Breanne Cassidy
Jul 12, 20182 min read
After Three Years, We Are Finally Closing The Distance
September 15th. That’s the date I want to finally close the gap between me and Taylor. Emotionally, it took me a very long time to get to...
Breanne Cassidy
Jun 23, 20183 min read
Deployment Diaries: What is a Deployment Like?
Deployment is… a whole mess of emotions that I don’t even have a word for. It was like going through puberty, it was like I was dating a...
Breanne Cassidy
May 7, 20183 min read
Deployment Diaries: What to Send in a Care Package
After T deployed, care packaging got a little more serious. The things I was sending before were, in all honesty, more for my enjoyment...
Breanne Cassidy
Jan 22, 20183 min read
Ask His First Mate: What Do You Do When You Feel Insecure About Your Relationship?
I remember who my boyfriend is. Coming from a few bad relationships, bad feelings still come up from time to time where I get afraid that...
Breanne Cassidy
Jan 15, 20182 min read
Deployment Diaries: How to Go Weeks Without Speaking to Your SO
Every deployment and situation is different. You may go through a deployment and have decent communication the whole way through or there...
Breanne Cassidy
Dec 18, 20173 min read
You Are Not Naive For Being a MILSO
I’ve heard it at least three times since I came back from Hawaii…how silly or naive I am for being a military significant other. I...
Breanne Cassidy
Nov 29, 20172 min read
Deployment Diaries: Six Ways to Make the Time Fly
I felt really overwhelmed after Taylor left. It is my first time going through a deployment and I had no idea where to start as silly as...
Breanne Cassidy
Oct 23, 20173 min read
Hawaii Travels and Deployment Goodbyes
It would be an understatement to tell you that Hawaii was beautiful. And the time that I spent with Taylor and his family was just as...
Breanne Cassidy
Oct 16, 20174 min read
What’s in my Care Package: Quick and Easy Birthday Edition
Shopping for Taylor’s birthday present was a piece of cake this year (all puns intended!). We went to St. Louis last time he came home on...
Breanne Cassidy
Sep 11, 20172 min read
Six Tips to Surviving the First Underway
*For the safety of my sailor and his boat, there are no dates, locations or names posted. The article has been written and posted after...
Breanne Cassidy
Aug 28, 20175 min read
The Three Things You Need To Be A Military Significant Other
For two years I have had more people than I can count ask me, “How do you do it?” And I have never had an answer. I didn’t really know...
Breanne Cassidy
Jul 31, 20172 min read
How to Get Back On Your Feet After They Leave
You’ve just spent this amazing few weeks with your SO filled with lots of love, companionship, laughter, fun-filled plans and parties....
Breanne Cassidy
Jul 12, 20173 min read
I Didn’t Choose the Military, I Chose Him
Military relationships are not Dear John. It’s not romantic. It’s not wonderful. When you ask a little girl where she sees herself one...
Breanne Cassidy
Jul 3, 20172 min read
Five Tips on How to Handle the Distance
There is no denying that distance is hard and I would be silly if I told you that I have found a way to deal with it completely. I...
Breanne Cassidy
Jun 26, 20173 min read
How I Became A Military Girlfriend
I was in a really shitty relationship. That’s how this story starts. And when I say shitty, I mean really, really shitty. I met that guy...
Breanne Cassidy
Jun 5, 20173 min read
How to Plan a Welcome Home Scavenger Hunt for Your Significant Other
Taylor has been pretty grumpy lately (for good reason too) so I went last weekend for two days to cheer him up a bit. It was a normal...
Breanne Cassidy
May 15, 20173 min read
Seven Ways to Help Alleviate the Fear of Being Cheated On
I hear all the stories. The ones where a sailor comes home and the house that once held his valuables, his life and his wife is now...
Breanne Cassidy
Apr 24, 20174 min read
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