Almost two years ago, BLOOM published an article by Loretta S. entitled “The Military Brat Life: A Playlist.” Recently, I reread the...

It has been about 8 months since I moved to Korea, but it still feels like I just got here. I’m trying not to feel so upset about leaving...

I have had trouble with being a people pleaser for years now; honestly it feels like I have been one for centuries and I’m not even 16...

My mom always talks about her one snow day growing up. During a blizzard in Montana, a train exploded and caused the power to go out all...

When my sister and I were little military brats, there were times when it felt like we were the only ones in the world going through the...

Love is just amazing. Wonderful, splendid, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Love, in its entirety, is as dangerous as it is amazing. You have...

As a child of two athletes, I was bound to be immersed in the world of sports. Starting at the age of 4, I began playing basketball on a...

I feel as if a military kid is blessed with having a tight community when moving to a base. Within an installation there are a vast range...

I think I can speak for many military kids when I say I don’t like making friends. Being a military kid, the idea of moving again often...

I didn't like Jamie at first. I first laid eyes on him on the first day of third grade at Trinity Lutheran School in Wahiawa, Hawaii,...

Looking around as I stepped on the yard for the first time since last year was immensely different. My eyes met crowds of unrecognizable...

I'm sure you've seen and heard SO many things about this upcoming school year and the anxiety people are feeling. No one really knows...

One of the worst things about being a military teen is the necessity of moving often - and one of the worst things about moving is...

I once heard the phrase "people make the places", and I didn’t realize then how true that would ring to the military teen until recently....

One of the many advantages of military life is getting to interact with a diverse range of people. No, I'm not talking about the other...

Most military families are no strangers to deployments, and the sad truth is that these long spans of separation can greatly disrupt a...

Have you ever felt scared to try to talk to new people? Well, hopefully this article can help!

Moving is nothing new to military kids. Over the course of my life, I've moved a total of eight times throughout the...