FIREFIGHTER’S WORDS -86- MR RIGHT
Mr. right brought me into the fire
I was only in my second ever relationship when I met him. Mr. Right, I decided when I started to get to know him. He has been firefighting since he was seventeen years old. I always thought it would be fun to marry a real firefighter. I never thought it would become a reality.
His name is Eric. We fell in love. Deep Love. Something I never imagined outside of the movie theatre. I am a year younger than he is. When things started getting complicated at home he offered me a home with him and his family. We were engaged by this time and I knew I could finish high school once I moved. I graduated soon after moving to Tucumcari NM. I fell in love with the small town life and with firefighting. They made me an offer to join Eric’s volunteer fire dept. The week before Christmas, 2007, I Joined the rural fire dept for Quay County.
I have learned so much from all of my fellow firefighters. Four of us are women. I am now taking classes to obtain my EMS basic license and soon after my intermediate. Maybe later in life I will get my education to become a paid on call woman firefighter. I just know I have to be strong and push through the comments from the few men that are still against women firefighters. I just know my fiance, soon to be husband, will always be there to help me through it. After all, he is going for the same goal!
God, Please be there for every firefighter out there – men, women and all those in between. Hold them when they are weak, watch over them when they are putting their own lives on the line, be the light in the dark corners of their thoughts and please God help put the wet stuff on the red stuff.
