Welcome to this month’s installment of our “Forward, March!” blog series. “Forward, March!” is meant to empower, encourage, and equip us as military spouses, so that we may support our service members with ever-deepening levels of strength and perseverance. Our hope is that the topics discussed in “Forward, March!” will be not only informative, but also challenging (in a good way, of course) to ensure that our “talk” as military spouses manifests through our “walk” as military spouses. Now, let’s fall in and get to it! 

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Growing up is hard to do.

I’m not just talking about the awkward seasons of puberty (UGH!) or those painful moments of high school. It’s not all about those puff paint shirts or the bird-nest bangs in every school picture.

Growing up as a military spouse is no easy task.

Maybe that’s why they call it growing pains instead of growing parties?

One of my close friends is a newlywed to her beloved soldier. Both of our husbands are in the same company, so they are deployed together. They’ve been married one year. My Beloved Infantryman and I just celebrated eight years married, almost 10 years together.

And I have to tell you what, my friends: I do not miss the newlywed stage.

Now, if you are a newlywed reading this, hear me out. It WAS a very exciting time in my life, head-over-heels absolutely cuh-razy for my man in uniform. But gosh, I sure felt stressed out.

Want to read the rest of my growing party– I mean, growing pains? Swing by Army Wife Network. 

So, dear readers, leave a comment with your answers to the following: What are you doing this month to intentionally grow? Is there something you need to do? Or something perhaps you are being called to let go or give up? Think about what continuing to “grow up” looks like to you as we march forward.