Hi Guys-

You have to check out this website. www.survivingmilitaryseparation.com

It's a new book by a Dept. of Defense Guidance Counselor to help us through deployments and separations. It has 365 activities to do while your servicemember is gone.

Hope it helps. It has some great reviews on the website!

Looks like it can be pre-ordered on Amazon for less money as well. http://www.amazon.com/SURVIVING-MILITARY-SEPARATION-365-Days/dp/1932714235/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199039646&sr=1-3

thanks!!

Oh i will have to check it out thanks!!

wow...thanks

I am SO Excited you posted this! I was just thinking that I have read al of the military books out there that have anything to do with deployment seperation or being the wife of a marine and that I hoped I would come across a new one soon! (-8

i just ordered married to the military, the military wives chicken soup, surviving deployment, and the treasure of staying connected, from amazon.com....when im done reading those, i will have to look into that on..

Those books are all great, but this one actually has activities that you can do to help pass the time. I saw the rough draft at a book fair and was really impressed. I wish I could have ordered it then, but the printer hadn't completed it. I already ordered my pre-order copy. The rep at the book fair said that there was over 2,000 pre-orders already.

The book also has this chracter called Sammy (or something like that) to helpmotivate us.

Any help will help!!!!

i just ordered married to the military, the military wives chicken soup, surviving deployment, and the treasure of staying connected, from amazon.com....when im done reading those, i will have to look into that on..

I LOVE and own all of those book :D

thanks i hope this helps cause I am driving myself nuts trying to find things to do,

I'm deleting your other post because posting identical posts is considered spamming. I will leave this one up as long as you do not post another one in regards to this book. Thanks :)

No problem. Just trying to help out the masses. We already have so many issues to deal with since our husbands are gone and since my FRG isn't doing much to put out good information, I thought I would. I just thought this would help everyone.

Sorry.

Thanks!!

is it like family oriented activities...or activities that i could do with friends or alone?

THANK YOU

is it like family oriented activities...or activities that i could do with friends or alone?

If I remember right, most of the activities you can do alone. I think that some, you may want to grab some friends or a friend, but overall, I think the book is set up for you to make it through the deployment and still be sane at the end with or without help. Hope that helps.

I think that is why they put the mascot Sammy in, to be with you the whole time. It's a really well thought out book. I contacted the publisher and they said that it was at the printer now, so it should be coming out in the next couple of weeks.