Spouse Calls in July includes two columns featuring “Military Widow: A Survial Guide,” co-authored by Joanne Steen and Regina Asaro.

To read the July 13 column, Click here.

To read the July 20 column, Click here.

After reading the book, I talked to Joanne for more insight in to the lives of military widows and how to reach out to them.

Around July 4th, our country stops to remember our freedom and the price that has been paid to obtain it. Some of the costs of military service are not so obvious. The July 6 Spouse Calls column features a blogger's comment about some the consequences in her life, and the life of her military husband.

To skip to her blog entry, to read or to offer support or advice, Click here.

Like many military families, we are traveling this summer, so I am writing from the road. Last summer, our travels took us to the U.K., where we visited London, Edinburgh, and many points in between around England, Scotland and Wales.

This year's travels are less touristy, but essential, and just as fun. We are in the United States spending time with our families, seeing friends and even touring prospective colleges along the way.

The trip for our family of five will be 50 days of travel, including planes, trains (at least one) and automobiles. I plan to send a few notes from the road. Feel free to send notes from your family travels also.

The June 22 edition of Spouse Calls was a column about the many empty houses in the lives of military families.
The wife of a retired military man wrote from England to remind me that these difficult experiences create wonderful memories: 
Dear Terri.