Firefighter Marriage
Fast-paced, unpredictable, passionate, one-of-a-kind, committed, engaging, challenging, priceless…These are a just a few of the words that describe Firefighter Marriages. A couple can be on fire one minute, and cold as ice the next. How do you keep the flame burning hot? Communication, missed holidays, schedules, and balance can be hard…But your love can be stronger. Find support, connections, resources, and laughter here to help your marriage be Fire Strong!
Marriage Fire Safety Month Wrap Up
So much effort goes into Fire Safety and Fire Prevention in the months of September and October. We agree it's highly important, but we added another area to apply those same basic rules to. Firefighters spend countless hours training and preparing for...
Join Us For The Power of a Praying Fire Wife
Join us in the Christian Fire Wife Sisterhood as we pray through the Power of Praying Wife together. Marriages are so under attack. Evil forces are constantly trying to pull us apart, distort our words, plant seeds of doubt and destroy us with addictions. But we have...
Keep the Love Fires Burning Over the Distance
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely." Charles M. Schultz I am going to be honest, there were times I wasn't sure we would make it through and still be together in the end. But there were also times when I was flying high on...
How To Watch a Fire Movie With Your Firefighter
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...
What to Say to Your Firefighter When He’s Had a Bad Call
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 about it?...
When a Firefighter is Irritable, Grumpy, and Disengaged When He’s Home
This article is so important because we’ve all been there yet so few admit it and talk about it. There is no shame in relating to this or even sharing this post. You never know who is suffering and needs these words. Let’s just start with these words straight from the...
It’s Raining…It’s Pouring…And I Couldn’t Be Happier!
My wife and I downsized over a year ago from a beautiful home on five acres in the country, to a starter community in the suburbs. Our financial situation, precipitated by a wake up call from Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, opened up a large wound in...
Honor and Commitment – Online Book Study
Finally: the resource you need to live with Honor and Commitment,both at home and on the job. This book study is for everyone. Firefighters, fire wives, anyone in the fire service. You can participate in this study alone or create a group study with...
Create Your Own Commitment Weekend “at home”
Not every one can make it to a Commitment Weekend for one reason or another, but you can still have your very own Virtual Commitment Weekend at home! We're COMMITTED to sharing ways that you can reconnect with your spouse without even having to leave...
Keep the Love Fires Burning Over the Distance
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely." Charles M. Schultz I am going to be honest, there were times I wasn't sure we would make it through and still be together in the end. But there were also times when I was flying high on...
What to Say to Your Firefighter When He’s Had a Bad Call
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 about it?...
When a Firefighter is Irritable, Grumpy, and Disengaged When He’s Home
This article is so important because we’ve all been there yet so few admit it and talk about it. There is no shame in relating to this or even sharing this post. You never know who is suffering and needs these words. Let’s just start with these words straight from the...
It’s Not Pretty (A True Love Story Continued)
Last week my firefighter and I celebrated a sweet 10 year anniversary and I wrote this post: A True Love Story. We slipped away for 14 hours alone thanks to my parents who watched the kids. Waking up to peace and quiet and not having to get out of bed was just so...
A True Love Story
This is for every newlywed fire wife, firefighter and couple in the fire service who thought it was only them. May it bring you encouragement and hope. Today, July 27, 2012, is the 10th anniversary of our wedding. A miraculous milestone for us. You see,...
My Seasonal Affair
I’m thinking of having an affair. Now, hear me out, please. I would never consider cheating on my husband. I’m just not that kind of woman. We have built a marriage of 14 years on the premise of trust and honesty. Some regular between-the-sheets therapy helps too, of...
ScreamFree Marriage – Chapter 2 – You Don’t Complete Me
If you're still reading, you might be a bit confused. This is definitely taking some tried and true marriage principles and completely turning them around. No more unity candles? What?!!? Now I am totally a believer in needing to be good and steady as an...
Scream Free Marriage: Chapter 1
Let me start by saying that my husband and I do NOT have this all figured out. Are we waaaaaaaaaay better than we used to be? Absolutely. But we still have some pretty crappy moments in our marriage. So I'm super excited to dive into this book which is new and...
He cheated on me. Do I try to make it work?
I hate this question. It's taboo. I don't even want to have to think about it. But it comes to me at least monthly in a private message that someone wants me to anonymously ask. The fire service is a DISASTER when it comes to marriage. An absolute freaking...
The Love Dare – Day #33
Day 33 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love Completes Each Other If two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? -- Ecclesiastes 4:11 Excerpt from...
The Love Dare – Day #32
Day 32 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love Meets Sexual Needs The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. – 1 Corinthians 7:3...
The Love Dare – Day #31
Day 31 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love and Marriage A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis...
The Love Dare – Day #30
Day 30 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love Brings Unity Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. – John 17:11...
The Love Dare – Day #29
Day 29 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love’s Motivation Render service with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men. – Ephesians 6:7 HCSB Excerpt from The Love Dare...
The Love Dare – Day #28
Day 28 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love Makes Sacrifices He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers. – 1 John 3:16 HCSB Excerpt...
The Love Dare – Day #27
Day 27 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love Encourages Guard my soul and deliver me; do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. – Psalm 25:20 Excerpt from The Love...
The Love Dare – Day #26
Day 26 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love is Responsible When you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things. – Romans 2:1 HCSB Excerpt...
The Love Dare – Day #25
Day 25 (You can read more details explaining how we are doing the dare here: https://firefighterwife.com/fireproof-your-marriage/) Love Forgives What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ. – 2 Corinthians...