I have been wanting to write a post for a while now about the work that I do, the work that I do with the families of the fallen.  I have received emails asking about details, wondering about the obscurity in some of the posts that I have written after I have come back from a detail.  I have pondered the words that I would write, pinching them and molding them into some sort of shape that would do justice and give honor to the names that I know too …

I am here in California for the National Fallen Firefighter’s survivors conference.  This nearly week long event is put together to help the spouses, parents, siblings, and children of firefighters who have died in the line of duty network with each other, have a chance to get away, take a few classes, and just heal.  During this conference they are holding a special class to teach the fire service and the survivors how to put together response teams that will respond to a department and family that have experienced a …

It is with deep regret, on this Easter Day, that I share with you that our Houston Fire Department lost two firefighters in the line of duty in the early morning hours.  They were fighting a house fire when somehow they became trapped and were unable to make it outside when a pull-out request was made.
Over the years, Houston has suffered the loss of many firefighters.  Today, two too many.  It scares me to think about John leaving the comforts and stability and somewhat safe confines of the airport …