Gearing up for the nonprofit’s event got me thinking. The event will help fire wives prepare for fire season. And as I was mowing lawns yesterday...yes it has already started...the mowing of lawns. The concept of Fire Wife Overtime came to mind. Let me explain my thinking behind it and give some tools to get … Continue reading Fire Wife Overtime

This year has been the biggest oxymoron. 2020=perfect vision but quite exactly the opposite. This blog has been pushed to the back burner, again, as I feel like I am running this marathon where the finish line seems to not exist. Like the GPS saying “re-routing” every time I take a turn. A brand new … Continue reading Merry-Go-Round

When worlds collide.Glimpses of gear in the garage.Passing moments of peace.Home for only the reminder to leave again.Hugs and joy of reset days gone.Tired eyes filled with love.Children’s giggles at daddy’s feet.The faint smell of smoke stained clothes.A smile of knowing.Grateful hearts that never want to part.Catch up around the house.Home cooked meals.Time is our … Continue reading World’s Collide

Sometimes things happen in life that make you pause and really admire and reflect on how beautiful life can be. Over the last month or so I have been able to witness nature in such raw and vulnerable state. We’ve had these two house finches scouting the eve of our home. They began shortly after … Continue reading The Nest

It’s a saying us fire fam folk know all too well. The preparation of the area around us being safe from any possible fire danger. We post it and we preach it because as much as we want the public safe we selfishly want our firefighters even more safe. Your safe clearing around your home … Continue reading Defensible Space

It’s a saying us fire fam folk know all too well. The preparation of the area around us being safe from any possible fire danger. We post it and we preach it because as much as we want the public safe we selfishly want our firefighters even more safe. Your safe clearing around your home … Continue reading Defensible Space

Something I am sure everyone not just fire wives/gf go through is negative self talk. But of course I am going to focus it down to the fire life. We spend all this time whether we are working, at home, have kids or don’t have kids, alone. When our firefighters are gone it is so … Continue reading In My Head

Over the last couple of months I have taken a break from feature blogs. Between the holidays, fire life, mom life, and planning my nonprofits first seminar it has been a little hectic to say the least. Still is a little crazy but I embrace it knowing full well it is all for the better … Continue reading First Responder Family Psychology

One of the board of directors on our nonprofit asked me to write a blog about life when going through the academy. But not just my view but also the view of my husband. The things we both go through during those grueling weeks apart. I have been sitting on this blog for a while … Continue reading Academy Life

Fire Wife Christmas Every year is no guarantee, That my firefighter will come home to me. While others are filled with joy and merry, My biggest wish is he won’t witness something scary. December 25th lands on the day we choose, Because in this fire life sometimes you loose. We make the most in every … Continue reading Fire Wife Christmas