military husbands

It’s A Small Navy

by Mitja on November 10, 2010

A couple years ago, while we were living in Maryland, I met a guy online who is another civilian husband married to a Navy officer.  We are not rare — my guess is that there are about 42,000 civilian husbands living the military life — but most seem to be under the radar.  There are only [...]

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On The Day You Were (Supposed To Be) Born

by Mitja on August 14, 2010

Yesterday was Elysia’s due date but instead of delivering a baby, we stopped by a neighborhood party. Once again, there were great photo opportunities since I forgot to bring my camera. I could have made a nice photo book for the baby: On The Day You Were (Supposed To Be) Born.   In addition to pictures with [...]

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So Two Military Husbands Walk into a Bar . . .

by Mitja on June 10, 2010

It is almost Father’s Day, so it must be time for the media to trot out their annual token stories about men who stay at home with the kids.  When it comes to articles about fathers, reporters have a particularly hard time acknowledging the existence of  military husbands whether it is a heart-warming homecoming story or writing about the stress [...]

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Hail and Farewell

by Mitja on September 18, 2009

It turns out that at least two friends have pomegranate molasses ready for deployment should a recipe call for it.  How nice for them, 9,500 miles away from my cry for help.  I’ve moved on. We are going to a Hail and Farewell tomorrow evening.  It is a potluck, a word almost synonymous with Berkeley, where [...]

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