Early in our marriage I was a firm believer in frequent date nights. I had been lead to believe that a sign of a healthy marriage was a weekly date night. As you can imagine, this caused a lot of …
Mind Over Matter!
Mind over matter! I find myself clinging to that mantra a lot as a FireWife. Especially with the history my firefighter husband and I endured. The past can never truly be buried deep enough. It …
Wait, you BOTH work shift work?
A little over 2 years ago, I got this crazy idea to apply for a different type of job than I had previously been working. For years, I worked at the local community hospital as an ED nurse on an "as …
Even Old FireWives Worry
If you are new to Wife Behind the Fire, welcome. I'm excited you found the site and I really do want to get to know you better. I'm going to get a little personal here because I feel that leading by …
Positive Coping Mechanisms After Critical Incident
Our firefighters head off to work every single day knowing that they may face an incident that shakes them. Sometimes that incident can replay over and over in their heads causing prolonged trauma. …
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