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60+ Valentine’s Day Quotes Celebrating Long Distance Love

60+ Valentine’s Day Quotes Celebrating Long Distance Love

Happy Valentine's Day Lovers! Celebrating this special occasion in a long-distance relationship can feel a little bittersweet...But it’s also a chance to make your love feel extra special, even when you're living in different time zones or like we do in FIFO life. You...

34 Virtual Date Ideas for your Long Distance Relationship

34 Virtual Date Ideas for your Long Distance Relationship

Long distance relationships (LDR) aren't necessarily the easy road to take when choosing your partner, but when you're with the right someone, they're 100% worth it. In fact, when I tell people that my husband works away for half the year and people ask me how I do...

Making FIFO Life Easier: Practical Tips for Partners

Making FIFO Life Easier: Practical Tips for Partners

Having been a FIFO (that’s fly-in-fly-out) partner for 10+ years, there’s a thing or two I’ve learned along the way about making life easier in this lifestyle. FIFO life isn’t for everyone. In fact, you’ll probably have a lot of people tell you just how much they...

Navigating Marriage With An Autistic Partner: Our Story

Navigating Marriage With An Autistic Partner: Our Story

A couple of years ago I wrote an article for Mamamia about my experience in finding out my husband, Kane is autistic (a.k.a Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD). He was diagnosed in 2020 and it was the catalyst for a lot of positive change in our marriage. I was inspired...

How I Survive FIFO Life

How I Survive FIFO Life

The phrase I get the most as a FIFO wife is ‘I couldn’t do that’ or ‘I don’t know how you do it’ I felt called to talk about this some more because I don’t get a sense of people feeling like they want to understand how I ‘do it’ but usually feel mostly pity when...