What Closing the Distance Has Taught Me Thus Far
Two months ago, I packed my entire life up into my Honda Civic and drove across the country to finally close this damn distance between...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Aug 1, 2018
- 4 min
Closing the Distance: How to Start Your Move Two Months Ahead
Freaking out is an understatement. I am officially two months out from picking up my entire life, moving it across the country and I am a...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jul 12, 2018
- 2 min
Two Simple Rules for Your Sub Ball/Navy Ball Dress
Dress shopping for Sub Ball was so stressful and, when I look back on it, it really didn’t have to be. I spent hours looking through my...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jun 23, 2018
- 3 min
After Three Years, We Are Finally Closing The Distance
September 15th. That’s the date I want to finally close the gap between me and Taylor. Emotionally, it took me a very long time to get to...
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Breanne Cassidy
- May 7, 2018
- 3 min
Deployment Diaries: What is a Deployment Like?
Deployment is… a whole mess of emotions that I don’t even have a word for. It was like going through puberty, it was like I was dating a...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Deployment Diaries: What to Send in a Care Package
After T deployed, care packaging got a little more serious. The things I was sending before were, in all honesty, more for my enjoyment...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jan 15, 2018
- 2 min
Ask His First Mate: What Do You Do When You Feel Insecure About Your Relationship?
I remember who my boyfriend is. Coming from a few bad relationships, bad feelings still come up from time to time where I get afraid that...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Dec 18, 2017
- 3 min
Deployment Diaries: How to Go Weeks Without Speaking to Your SO
Every deployment and situation is different. You may go through a deployment and have decent communication the whole way through or there...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Nov 29, 2017
- 2 min
You Are Not Naive For Being a MILSO
I’ve heard it at least three times since I came back from Hawaii…how silly or naive I am for being a military significant other. I...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Oct 23, 2017
- 3 min
Deployment Diaries: Six Ways to Make the Time Fly
I felt really overwhelmed after Taylor left. It is my first time going through a deployment and I had no idea where to start as silly as...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Oct 16, 2017
- 4 min
Hawaii Travels and Deployment Goodbyes
It would be an understatement to tell you that Hawaii was beautiful. And the time that I spent with Taylor and his family was just as...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Sep 11, 2017
- 2 min
What’s in my Care Package: Quick and Easy Birthday Edition
Shopping for Taylor’s birthday present was a piece of cake this year (all puns intended!). We went to St. Louis last time he came home on...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Aug 28, 2017
- 5 min
Six Tips to Surviving the First Underway
*For the safety of my sailor and his boat, there are no dates, locations or names posted. The article has been written and posted after...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jul 31, 2017
- 2 min
The Three Things You Need To Be A Military Significant Other
For two years I have had more people than I can count ask me, “How do you do it?” And I have never had an answer. I didn’t really know...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jul 12, 2017
- 3 min
How to Get Back On Your Feet After They Leave
You’ve just spent this amazing few weeks with your SO filled with lots of love, companionship, laughter, fun-filled plans and parties....
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jul 3, 2017
- 2 min
I Didn’t Choose the Military, I Chose Him
Military relationships are not Dear John. It’s not romantic. It’s not wonderful. When you ask a little girl where she sees herself one...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jun 26, 2017
- 3 min
Five Tips on How to Handle the Distance
There is no denying that distance is hard and I would be silly if I told you that I have found a way to deal with it completely. I...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Jun 5, 2017
- 3 min
How I Became A Military Girlfriend
I was in a really shitty relationship. That’s how this story starts. And when I say shitty, I mean really, really shitty. I met that guy...
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Breanne Cassidy
- May 15, 2017
- 3 min
How to Plan a Welcome Home Scavenger Hunt for Your Significant Other
Taylor has been pretty grumpy lately (for good reason too) so I went last weekend for two days to cheer him up a bit. It was a normal...
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Breanne Cassidy
- Apr 24, 2017
- 4 min
Seven Ways to Help Alleviate the Fear of Being Cheated On
I hear all the stories. The ones where a sailor comes home and the house that once held his valuables, his life and his wife is now...
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