It sucks.
Somedays.
Others, not so much.
Being a police wife means that you will never know when your husband will be home from work.
Being a police wife means that there will be nights that you sleep alone, or don't sleep at all, because you can't stop worrying.
Being a police wife means getting that last minute call that says he'll be even later than planned, because he has a search warrant.
Being a police wife means fishing bullets out of the dryer.
If you are married to an over achieving police officer, it will mean that your spouse has signed up for yet another special force.
That will mean even less time at home, than what you currently have.
Being a police wife means that you will encounter "badge bunnies", and some of them could even be within the department.
Being a police wife means that you have to trust, harder than you ever have, that the love he has for you and his family, is enough to resist any type of temptation.
That part isn't always so easy.
Being a police wife means there will be Christmas's celebrated on the 27th, or even the 30th.
Being a police wife means knowing how to totally rock a holiday, birthday or anniversary, no matter when it is celebrated.
Being a police wife means there are others that experience the same things you do.
Being a police wife means that your fellow LEO wives, will become your sister's, of sorts.
Trust them.
Being a police wife means knowing how to budget on an officer's pay, and making do, and sometimes not.
Being a police wife means that you may sometimes have to leave a public place, restaurant, shopping center, movie theater, etc. because your husband spotted someone that he has arrested.
You have to be okay with that.
Being a police wife means that the date night that you have looked forward to for three months, could quickly be interrupted if your husband sees a crime taking place.
You have to be okay with that too.
Being a police wife means that your husband may need to respond to a call out at any moment, interrupting your family time.
Being a police wife means that more times than not, you have to be mommie AND daddy.
You may have to grow to like playing football.
The way boys play.
Ouch.
Being a police wife means that the chances of your two little boys growing up and becoming police officers are pretty high.
Being a police wife means knowing that if your husband dies, all the funeral arrangements are already made.
Being a police wife means that you won't go through that alone.
Being a police wife means that he will come home and take his frustrations of the day out on you.
You don't have to be okay with that.
You can always remind him that you are not the enemy.
Being a police wife means being supportive, even when you can't find the courage.
Being a police wife means you will get asked questions about law enforcement.
It also means that you most likely will not have the answers to those questions.
So you'll get stared at.
In a confusing tone.
Just laugh.
Being a police wife means that your life is not everyone's idea of normal.
Your children may stay up until midnight, just so that they can get a glimpse of Daddy when he comes home.
Being a police wife means that you can easily become cynical to the world, because your husband is.
Be careful with that.
Being a police wife means that it's not always going to be easy.
Love him anyway.
Being a police wife means that you will go to funerals of fallen officers.
It means listening to your husband tell you stories of his friend that killed himself, because the pressures of the job became too much.
Being a police wife is really not as glamorous as they portray it to be, on tv.
I know these things because I am a police wife and I know that our family is stronger because of it.
~Carrie Becker
