Recently, I was asked for my husband and I to be on The Faithful Brother podcast. I am pretty sure my jaw dropped, but tried to hide the nerves and excitement I felt. Knowing my husband, I knew it was going to take some talking into to get him to join me. He hates to … Continue reading The Faithful Brother

As some of you may know, May is a month of many things. One of these things being Mental Health Awareness month. It brings a lot of thoughts to my head. Thinking about if any one person can say that they are always mentally healthy or have it altogether, all the time. I would be … Continue reading Mental Health and Fire Life

Fire season is getting ever so close and if it was anything like last year you're going to want to be ready. Ready to help your family get through the struggles of the fire life and for me that includes helping my husband be ready. This brings me to the next feature blog: Responder Wipes. … Continue reading Responder Wipes

Today marks the 12th year my husband Josh and I started dating! In honor of that I thought it would be fun to do a little interview with him. Some of the questions were sent in from my social media pages. We will pretty much be covering everything from dating to now, fatherhood, motherhood and … Continue reading Fire Couple: The Interview

Last week I was talking to my sister about how when she was in the military and also had been a military wife. It was hard to make friends. Especially in her case where they were constantly moving. She was talking to me about how she was excited about a new friendship. It was good … Continue reading Friends and the Fire Life

As a mom of two girls I often wonder how and what they think of their dad, especially him as a firefighter. So, I decided to construct my own little interview. I will ask them a series of questions pertaining to them as Fire daughter's. My oldest daughter is six and my youngest is three. … Continue reading Fire Daughters: The Interview

Sometimes I get asked about the mom life and how I deal with it as a fire wife. All I know is what I have experienced. Like any parent there are the highs and lows. There are the choices from the very beginning: breastfeeding or formula, when to take a child in when they're sick … Continue reading Give and Take

The last few weeks have been a little busy, a good busy. If we weren't celebrating a birthday we were doing something involving our fire life. My husband put together a send off for his captain and I was able to reconnect with some familiar faces and meet new ones. We also went to a … Continue reading Fire Family

The last few weeks have been a little busy, a good busy. If we weren't celebrating a birthday we were doing something involving our fire life. My husband put together a send off for his captain and I was able to reconnect with some familiar faces and meet new ones. We also went to a … Continue reading Fire Family

BURPEES...it’s just one of those things you love to hate or hate to love. In this case the more the more the merrier! Me and Michelle @thesaltyfitfirewife are turning 30 this month!!! And in honor of that we want to give back! We are raising money for @carneystronginitiative and every $1 donated equals a burpee!!! … Continue reading The Not So Dirty Thirty