Just a Firefighter's Wife

Just a Firefighter's Wife

I sleep alone at night, so you can sleep with peace of mind...

I am the woman sitting alone at the little league game, while you hold your husband's hand...

I sit alone at church so your house is spared from a roaring fire...

Yes, I give up my husband to who's need is grave and dire...

I am the woman who puts her career on hold, so her kids can have at least one parent home...

While you have dinner with your husband I quietly miss my own...

I am the woman who can fix a pipe, paint a room and change a flat...

All things I had to learn along the way to save my back...

I am not a hero, don't get paid and don't save lives...

Don't mind me I'm just a firefighter's wife...

~Diana Lucero