<![CDATA[Stories by Julie Provost on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@BloggingJulie?source=rss-129c847a2ca0------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*UvLrAX1cEl1Z4g9s8anwVg.jpeg Stories by Julie Provost on Medium https://medium.com/@BloggingJulie?source=rss-129c847a2ca0------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 03:54:44 GMT <![CDATA[The Importance of Community as a Mom of Teens and Adults]]>

When my kids were little and I wanted to make friends, it seemed like all I had to do was find some kid-friendly thing and go. Even if I…

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Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

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There are many reasons why a military family could be on a tight budget. They could be saving for a PCS, paying off debt, or simply hit by…

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If your spouse is going to be deployed during the holidays, it can feel like you have been punched in the gut. They will miss out on so…

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Another deployment day has arrived. Big deal, right? Each day drags into the next. One after the other.

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There are a little over two years between my oldest son and my middle son. But there are almost four years between my middle son and my…

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I’m sure you have seen people post on social media that we only have 18 summers with our kids. We need to make the best of every single…

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He Was Diagnosed at 5

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Deployment. Deployment. Deployment. That word is enough to turn a good day into a bad one. As military spouses, we know that deployments…

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My son was 13 months old when my husband left for Germany to start his Army career, leaving us behind in Kentucky to join him as soon as…

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