It is time for this months featured blog! I am super excited and have been waiting to publish this one. There are so many different fire family owned businesses and sharing them with you is so much fun. This month I would like to introduce you to FireMom.com. This Veteran and Fire Family owned company … Continue reading FireMom.com

Something that has been replaying in my mind a lot is a conversation I had with a retired firefighter. Our families were enjoying the Fourth of July together and we got on the topic of mental health. How I never really knew about his story surprised me since his daughter is a close friend. But … Continue reading A Wise Firefighter and a Lesson Learned

There's a good chance that you have heard of The Mason Bar Company. But if you haven't let me enlighten you. This months featured company is owned by a fire wife and her husband. Not only that but they live in and work in the same unit as me and my husband. They took over … Continue reading The Mason Bar Company

Here I am in mid summer and so far it hasn't been as bad. Regardless of what each shift or season holds there are always going to be those days when I just need a break. A funny side note because the title could kind of sound harsh, the Kit-Kat commercial song is what's running … Continue reading Give Me A Break

Part 3 of 3. I have shared so much about the subject of motherhood and the emotions of raising kids in the fire life. I wanted to go back and talk about pregnancy to now. What was it like for me then and what is it like for me now. Every stage of it has … Continue reading Then Comes Baby

Growing up all I ever knew that I wanted was to find that great love and raise a family. After that first fire season together in part I knew what my idea of being married had shifted. Leading up to the day that my husband proposed we had talked about what we wanted our life … Continue reading Then Comes Marriage

On this blog I talk a lot about the now and my life as a fire wife. There's been a lot of phases of life that my husband and I have lived through together. I wanted to break it down and focus on three parts of our life. I only found it fitting to name … Continue reading First Comes Love

If you're involved in the fire life, you most likely have heard about mental health and PTSD. The talk is growing louder and the stigma slowly is breaking. Think about some of the hardest things you have gone through or have seen. Did you have to brush it under the rug and pretend nothing happened … Continue reading Are You Ready

This blog has been buzzing around in my head but it wasn't until I was having a conversation with a fellow fire wife that I realized it was something that I needed to write down. In life I feel we are all faced with these moments that when we are stretched and to our max … Continue reading Choose Your Battles

Some time ago probably around the time I had my first daughter who is now six, I battled with the fear of being alone and at home by myself. It is something as fire wives or those that live with their firefighter can relate to. Those times can be rough. The learning process of having … Continue reading You Are Protected