by Jessie - | Nov 19, 2020 | Especially For The Fire Wife, Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays, Kids and Family
The Fire Community is no stranger to disappointing holidays. We’ve all had to learn to adapt to scheduling conflicts, unexpected changes and spouses/families being alone on some of the most special days of the year. We have to get creative and create new traditions...
by Lori Mercer | Dec 30, 2016 | Firefighter Marriage, Holidays
Jackpot. A night off on a holiday. It feels like it never happens, right? All the good ones always fall on shift. He gets transferred from station to station and is always back in the rotation where BAM – holidays are workdays. This is the life we signed up....
by Lori Mercer | 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 kids. And myself and our...
by Lori Mercer | Nov 28, 2016 | Dating Your Spouse, Everyday, Fire Family Life, Firefighter Marriage, Holidays
Can you feel it? The bloat of stuffing and the turkey just fading away. The jingling bells of Christmas and the holiday season coming right for you? The holidays are officially here and hollering merrily that it is time to decide what WILL be the perfect gift for...
by Lori Mercer | Jan 23, 2016 | Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays
One Day Off = Five Days Off – How lucky are we? One vacation day in the life of a firefighter can mean a lot of days off. For a firefighter who works 24 on, 48 off, one vacation day actually gives them 5 days away from the station! No Monday – Friday...
by Lori Mercer | Dec 12, 2015 | Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays
Although lights are twinkling, candy canes flock trees, jolly music is playing in every store, the difficult world of the fire life does not stop. Tragic medical calls, people losing homes and loved ones to fires, horrific auto accidents, firefighters dealing with...
