
I walk into my closet searching for a photo album. It’s a 10×10 scrapbook-sized album, but I couldn’t find it. I start rummaging through the piles of important things in my newly organized closet, wondering why I ever decided to clean anything at all. No luck.

I logged into Instagram a couple of days ago, just to see the first video on my feed of a woman I’ve followed for years, signing her first book deal. She spoke about the journey it took to get there and how she hoped her story of suffering and the darkest time in her life […]
“I think I wrote a book”, I hesitantly shared with my mom. The night before, I was watching my two young children play together, and I was flooded with memories of my brother and me playing together as kids. It was just the two of us, and because we were so close in age, we […]


The cold, wet, drizzly evening sets the backdrop as we walk into her home. Each of us filled with gratitude and joy that we could be there while also feeling the weight of what our presence means. Our friend is dying. It’s a melting pot of emotions for us all and it’s written on our […]

The dynamics of being a firewife can be unique at times, but I think the answer will apply to all wives, not just my fellow firewives.