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Life As A Fire Wife

Handling chaos & the unexpected while loving Jesus, my family and writing all about it.

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Around 3:30 am this morning, my husband jumped out of bed. I was in such a deep sleep, after just going to bed at 12:30 I didn't even hear his phone go off. I rolled over and asked what he... Continue Reading →

Here & Now

I am a creature of habit-most of us are. Most days my firefighter leaves for work before we all rise for the day and he kisses me goodbye. I always pray for his safety when he's gone and thank God... Continue Reading →

Protecting Family Time

The fire life schedule is either my best friend or my worst enemy. His two 24 hour shifts a week are great when we want to plan a get-away or a day trip. It is flexible enough when there are... Continue Reading →

Life with Passion

My sister presented the idea of blogging about passion the other day. Passion. The word has been sitting on all sides of my brain for days now. It can be approached in so many different ways. I started thinking, what... Continue Reading →

Thinking about contentment…

As I sit here, listening to the drilling and banging of a house under construction, not just any house, my house, I have absolutely no idea where to begin this blog today.  My cat Summer is laying on a pillow... Continue Reading →

Change

Last week everybody sucked. Like everyone in an epic sucktastic way. A few days this week, everyone was amazing. Like everyone was amazing in epic way. And then yesterday and this morning everyone kind of went back to sucking again...... Continue Reading →

True confessions and No Judgment

True confession time... 1-There were two dishes of leftovers in my fridge that looked like science experiments. 2- I decided that the laundry has multiplied. I haven't shopped, I haven't added summer clothes, but for some reason, there is clean laundry all... Continue Reading →

Another Mother’s Day

Motherhood... probably one of the most thankless jobs on the planet. So one day a year, thanks to card companies, I'm sure, we celebrate Mom's everywhere. Mom's wear many hats on a daily basis; cook, chauffeur, teacher, mediator, referee, counselor,... Continue Reading →

How Do You Do It?

"I don't know how you do it," a friend texted me earlier today. "It" refers, I assume to the long hours/days of parenting and life when I'm flying solo. I'm sure I have talked about the fire schedule before, 24... Continue Reading →

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