The following essay is the first place winner of our 2025 Month of the Military Child Writing Contest. The theme was, "Home is Where the...

The following essay is the second place winner of our 2025 Month of the Military Child Writing Contest. The theme was, "Home is Where the...

The following essay is the third place winner of our 2025 Month of the Military Child Writing Contest. The theme was, "Home is Where the...

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...

Deciding where to live after a move can be a difficult decision. Whether you’re staying for a nine-month assignment or multiple years,...

The song "Home" by Phillip Phillips is one I was raised on, and it has always resonated with me. The meaning of this song is so close to...

A seed is planted, roots must roam, Each soil it finds becomes a home. Through winds of change, it learns to sway, A blooming life in...

Cardboard suffuses My empty wooden dollhouse Voices echoing Weaving to a fuller place A home none of us have known A jumble of life Is...

Living on a military base - especially overseas - and living within the civilian side of the US economy are two very different things....

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...

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." — C.S. Lewis This quote hit me hard the first time I read it.  It...

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, flowing into the night?   sings Ray Davies at the start of  Waterloo Sunset , a song by the...

One of the most common words I’ve heard during my time writing with Bloom is the "Itch.” For the uninitiated, the "Itch” is the feeling...

It was 3 a.m., and I was dragging my two suitcases through Vicenza , Italy's hotel lobby, hoping silently that the items tightly packed...

I am a military brat. Which entails leaving and likely losing friends on a three-year basis. This was a challenge that I was ready to...

Summers of adventure, summers of change, A MilKid's life, always in range. Summers of exploration, of discovering new places, meeting new...

a child of the military's stride moved often with homes far and wide through empathy's light their heart learned to fight and find where...

This summer is an unusual one for me. For the first time in four years, I am not moving over the midyear months. Moving is an uprooting....

I haven't seen your favorite hat since the day you moved away. The tires on our bikes went flat the day you moved away. I remember...

There’re boxes around, Nothing can be found. Where’s my dresser? Where’s my TV? Where’s everything That belongs to me? The neighbors - I...