by Jessie - | Dec 23, 2013 | Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays
Christmas is quickly approaching and I’m trying to keep the joy of the season from escaping me. My firefighter will be working both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I’m not new to the fire world but I am new to missing both of these days and I am bummed! Big time. ...
by Jessie - | Nov 26, 2013 | Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays
So, your firefighter is working this Thanksgiving? Mine too. I know how it feels, my heart sinks a little every time I see the coming holidays and which ones my fireman is working. It just so happens that this year he is on shift every holiday from 4th of July until...
by Firefighter Wife | May 30, 2013 | Everyday, Fire Family Life, Kids and Family, Long Hours, Quality Time
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...
by Firefighter Wife | Mar 20, 2013 | Fire Family Life, Kids and Family, Worry and Fear
At my husband’s station, the kitchen and sleeping areas are upstairs. So of course the fastest route to the trucks is down the pole. This is in an approximately 10×10 room with heavy duty commercial doors on opposite sides of the room entering from...
by Firefighter Wife | Sep 3, 2012 | Everyday, Fire Family Life, Holidays
As I awoke to a no-work, no-school, no-mail, do-nothing US government Monday holiday, I didn’t feel so giddy. My love was up before the roosters preparing to head to the station. Am I grateful that he is a dedicated firefighter who loves what he does?...
