There are an endless number of things we can’t control in life - decisions that are made for us and external forces that no matter how...

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

Growing up as a military kid comes with its own set of unique challenges. Frequent relocations, parental deployments, and uncertainty can...

I am rather insignificant, and not very impressive. Not like the orchidaceae, or even the bright helianthus. But I grow. And grow, and...

According to both an article from Johns Hopkins Medicine and data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in...

Connection. Belonging. Stability. These are the buzzwords used to explain the educational childhood of a military brat. We've all heard...

This article was sent to us by Kaitlyn H., a 10th grader stationed in Virginia. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

The calm of this sunset reminded me that when we get caught up in the dissatisfaction present in our lives, we often miss life's beauty...

24 hours. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds. That is a day. And the average person lives for approximately 29,200 days. So why do we feel so...

On the surface level, being a military brat with siblings isn’t much different than being an ordinary brat with siblings. You can’t stand...

June 20th will mark one full year of me living in Portugal. One full year of ups and downs, of growing and changing, of steps forward and...

The card gets folded into a paper plane, paper memories, paper friendship. But paper planes don't prepare you for the real thing. The...

Recently, a Bloom blog titled 'Sports: Benefiting Military Teens' discussed the incredible benefits that sports can have on military...

Try it on. Put it on. Keep it on. Once you have it on, You can’t take it off. The addiction. The fear. The loneliness. You can’t see me-...

My dad is often met with the phrase, "Thank you for your service." In the Walmart checkout line, after church sessions, between gas...

If you didn't notice from my last article, "New Kid," I like to use music to explain what I feel, and I enjoy finding songs to help other...

Temporary. Nonpermanent. Short term. I walk through the halls. I cry in the rooms. New emotions, new moves, new sacrifices. Free...

As we all know, military teens can have a difficult life. I respect that statement because I know it’s true. We go through moves -...

Nothing irks me more than those silly “You can do it!” posters. Sometimes nothing but negativity spews out of my mouth, and I feel like I...