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In Chapter 14, we share the fact that firefighting is a journey of training, experience, training, hard work, training, commitment…and training. As fire families, we are familiar with stress, and this is just another season of stress we can get through as a team.
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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 fellow...
Top Things to Do When Your Firefighter is on Shift
Our Time Together is Kind of a Big Deal... How do you prioritize your schedules when your firefighter is on shift? Do you have certain things that only happen on a shift day/night so you can make the most of every moment when they get home? On last week's Shift Night...
Going Into Labor While Firefighter is on Shift
Pregnancy is a crazy exciting time as it is. Add in the shift schedule of a firefighter husband and the excitement multiplies....by a lot! Especially around the due date. A million questions will roll through your mind. Do I have my bag packed? Do I have childcare set...
How We Track Schedules in a Fire Marriage
From our series "Fire Prevention in Your Marriage", here's a little transcript-style article about shifts, tracking schedules and marriage. October is "Fire Prevention in Your Marriage" month and we talk about schedules and the fire life in your marriage because we...
What Retirement Looks Like for a Fire Family
So what happens when he's not a firefighter anymore? I mean, let me correct myself because recently I was quickly reminded by many that they never stop being firefighters 😉 What happens when he stops being on shift, on call, at the station, taking runs, otherwise...
Missing Date Night? How to Find Alone Time with Our Crazy Firefighter Schedules
Credit to Heather Isaacs As most people know, our firefighters have very odd schedules (odd to most people = normal to us). It’s only more complicated with those of us that have kids in school, working outside the house, and kids involved in extra-curricular...
Back Off! That’s Our Time – Protecting Your Fire Family Schedule
Have you ever been at a family event or a neighborhood gathering or church and someone says "That was fun. We should all get together again." and your insides start to squirm and your brain starts thinking of polite excuses? So these are super nice people and...
10 Things I Learned in One Year as a Fire Wife Blogger
This weekend marks exactly one year since I took over running this website and posted my introductory post here. Since then we've grown by over 10,000 fans on our Facebook page and 1200 members in our Private Wives group. Most importantly, I've learned a lot of life...
Want to know the secret to being a Firefighter Wife? Be Fire Wife Strong.
We don't walk into the Fire Wife Life equipped with everything we need to effortlessly transition into the fire life. Some of you do manage pretty well, but some of us do not make the transition so easily. Whether it's a newlywed who had no idea what the fire life...
How to Disconnect the Fire Brain on Vacation
Our big day is here! The first time EVER we are taking a 2 week vacation. (Ok, 12 days of vacation plus one day yesterday to pack and one day at the end to unpack, but who's counting?) Planning to make the most of this, I spent some time praying, dreaming, writing,...
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