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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

After T deployed, care packaging got a little more serious. The things I was sending before were, in all honesty, more for my enjoyment...

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...

Every deployment and situation is different. You may go through a deployment and have decent communication the whole way through or there...

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...

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...

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...

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...

*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...

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...

You’ve just spent this amazing few weeks with your SO filled with lots of love, companionship, laughter, fun-filled plans and parties....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dear you, I know exactly how you feel. You’re standing on your front lawn in your bare feet, the March sun beaming on your head. He’s...

Whether you share the same address or are separated by distance, quality time is essential for any relationship. Those who experience the...

When Taylor and I first started dating it was all rainbows and roses. Gifts were regularly sent to my house. Our letters to each other...

I was about to start teaching the first kickboxing class of the night when I got a text from Taylor saying, “Guess what?!”. I replied...

….I have a phone full of these kinds of messages. The only time Taylor has a chance to talk is late at night but I have to go to sleep...

I have always been fond of words. I like how there are words to describe really specific feelings, thoughts and emotions. So, naturally,...

Christmas was great and everything but what I really wanted was for it to be December 28th, particularly at 7am when Taylor’s plane would...

One of my biggest missions in creating this blog was to bash the notion that long distance relationships or military relationships are...

What is it like to be a MILSO? I am a 20-year-old Girlfriend to a Navy Nuke Sailor. It’s incredibly difficult. My dreams are to move to...

Twenty-three is such an eh age to turn. Not twenty-one anymore but not quite old enough to be a full on adult either. But as far as...

Ray and I met in high school through mutual friends. I currently had a boyfriend so nothing was going to happen between us at the time....

Your sailor graduating boot camp is a HUGE deal. So, it makes sense that you’d want to be there for their big day. But since boot camp...

I’m not sure I would consider any of Taylor’s schooling to be easy but Prototype has by far been the worst…for both him and me. I’m...

Written by Randy, a sailor himself, married to another sailor and is now the father of two sailors: “I was a nuke ET and an instructor in...

Written by Raquelle: “So, Garet and I met our first year of college together in English. As soon as he walked in I knew that it would be...

Seriously. For the love of all that is good and true…Just don’t. I’ve made so many friends and met so many women who trust me enough to...

A few days ago, I had a lovely follower of mine drop me an email asking what I do to overcome the distance. While reading her email I...

Picture from Pixabay.com In this relationship, we do goodbyes. But we also do hellos and happy to have you homes. In this relationship,...

How fancy are these things? Was my prom dress appropriate? A summer dress? Just a nice shirt and some capris? All these questions ran...

This last weekend was one of the most important milestones in Taylor’s Navy journey. Power School is, from what I heard, the hardest part...

Written by Jestry: Hi my name is Jestry and I’m 25 and my SOs name is David and he is 22. I also have a 3 year old son named Jordan who...

Recently, I wrote a blog post for Surviveldr.com and I wanted to share it with you guys! “Being in a long distance relationship is sort...

When I first got into an LDR, I looked at all the downfalls. But over the past year of being a Navy girlfriend, I have come to find many...

A couple months ago, I learned that Taylor wasn’t going to come home for Christmas and I took it a lot harder than I had expected. So I...

Written by Julia: My name is Julia and my boyfriend’s name is TJ. We have been “officially” dating for 6 months but I’ll get to that...

Instead of writing a big, long post about how my Christmas week with Taylor went I decided to do something a little different. So, here’s...

I am ALL about D.I.Y. gifts. Something crafted from your own hands has a different meaning  and beauty to it than just a store bought...

Written by Hayley: My name is Hayley and my fiancé’s name is Colin. He is in the Marine Corps and is currently stationed overseas. We met...

Written by Melanie Let’s See, where do I begin? We started dating a year and a half ago but we were friends for a long time. I knew he...

Written by Amberlee Jed went to school with me for a few months. We never talked but we hung out with the same group of friends. On a...