A Cop Is A Dad, Too
by TheBadge ~ July 29th, 2008. Filed under: Homelife.Click a Star to Rate This Post
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A cop’s job can be all absorbing. The pressures are constant and overwhelming. The cases, the tragedy, the sadness of what they see eats their hope and their attitude.
As a cop’s wife, I saw my role as helping him heal from the negative mental video that played in his mind. As a family, we tried to make up for the negative. Some cops are rejuvenated by their home life, some are destroyed by it.
Many times cops are accused of being married to their job, yet in their defense, they need to be totally focused for their own safety, and for the safety of others. They can’t be worrying about bills at home, or their last argument with wife or the kids. Sound familiar?
The good cop makes sure he keeps his family ties strong. Being there is not always comfortable and easy, but it’s important even to make the effort. Cops have a high rate of divorce; it’s a tough life for families. Those marriages that have staying power are the ones with wives who can be alone, and are not a “dependent” personality, and who actually enjoy their husband’s job.
You can’t be afraid to attend activities alone, being flexible is the rule of the day for a cop and his family!
It can be very exciting, a little scarey, full of pressure, all mixed in with an amount of pride in the work they do.
Being a dad, extends into the grown child years. My oldest son has a busy job running a club and it steals his daylight hours. When the brakes went bad on his car, he not only didn’t have the energy to repair them, he didn’t have the time.
Dad to the rescue. Lynn drove the miles across Tampa Bay, repaired the brakes, and returned to work. Exhausted, but that’s a good dad’s life.
Here’s to good cops who balance work and home, everywhere!
by: Marisue, talking about the cop’s wife’s life.
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July 31st, 2008 at 8:01 am
I really like this story. You are all a very lucky family.
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Thank you Constant!! thanks for reading and come back soon…things were often not smooth, but we stuck it all out, trying to laugh at anything we could =)