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When Single Parenting Looks Easier than Solo Parenting
A little over a year ago, I decided to try writing as a way to cope with my own thoughts and experiences and to connect with those in similar circumstances. Soon after I started, I got pregnant and everything extra stopped. A third pregnancy with Hyperemesis Gravidarum- this time with two toddlers to care for,…
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There are Few Thoughts or Feelings more Dangerous than Loneliness
I have said before that I have felt abandoned in my marriage. This thought isn’t unique to law enforcement relationships. I’m sure there are many jobs, lifestyles, and circumstances that put women in this same line of thinking. I’m not divorced, I’m not single, I’m still a married woman on paper- but I am entirely…
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Why Would Anyone Want to be in Law Enforcement?
What would anyone want to be in law enforcement? A question I have asked internally and outwardly to my husband on many occasions- since the very beginning of his trying out and recruitment phase. I still don’t have the perfect answer, but I do know of two common possibilities on completely different ends of a…
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Blue Thoughts
What feelings come to mind when you say “blue thoughts?” Sorrow? Anxiety? Depression? Thinking *blue* took on a whole new meaning in life when our family stepped into law enforcement. Blue thoughts- to me- are now a whole new world of thought processes I did not know could be so overwhelming. Blue thoughts can often…
Blue Thoughts 