by Firefighter Wife | Jun 6, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Difficult Calls, Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday
ANOTHER. BAD. CALL. Unfortunately, we don’t always know when our firefighters have had a bad call. Sometimes they fly right under the radar, getting hidden in a compartment somewhere they didn’t even know they had. Our husbands are almost constantly exposed to...
by Firefighter Wife | Apr 26, 2023 | Communication, Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, Firefighter Marriage
As fire wives we must understand this : Our husbands are exposed to trauma everyday. Sometimes, it isn’t one large traumatic event that can take a mental toll on your spouse, it’s the constant and continual exposure to these so-called ‘minor’ traumas...
by Firefighter Wife | Dec 23, 2016 | Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays
Last Christmas day, my husband sat across the room and said he felt like this Christmas didn’t really feel like Christmas. He hadn’t really seen any of the gifts that I had been scrambling around the past month to buy for the...
by Firefighter Wife | Nov 14, 2016 | Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, Fire Family Life
Even on the worst days of politics and drama on facebook, an adorable family photo, engagement photo or baby photo is going to make you smile. Especially when it includes a firefighter family! Photographic memories are so near and dear and precious to us all....
by Firefighter Wife | Aug 29, 2016 | Dating Your Spouse, Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, Fire Family Life, Firefighter Marriage, Perks of the Job, Worry and Fear
Firefighter movies. You cannot escape them as a fire wife, nor should you in my opinion. Whether it’s watching live burns on Youtube videos or the ritualistic watching of Ladder 49 or Backdraft (with all the commentary as to what’s real and accurate and...
by Firefighter Wife | Aug 23, 2016 | Behavioral Health, Communication, Difficult Calls, Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, For the Firefighters, PTSD
You can feel the air turn tense before a word is even said. You know it was a bad shift. Something must have happened to make such a drastic change in your firefighter. Maybe he is angry, or silent, or sad….you just know something isn’t right. Do you ask...
