Stories
Share Your Story HereMy wife and I were at home. It was the middle of the night, the first year we were married, and we were asleep in our apartment in the downtown area o...
Pretty quick into the George Floyd thing I learned that a first responderā a paramedic like meā stood there and filmed the entire interaction. Her iPh...
I didnāt think a whole lot about having PTSD until my wife started telling me stories about things I did at night while I was asleep.
- Ā She told me ...
I got out of the service and got my law degree. I didnāt serve longā just enough to pay for school. Because of that, though, and because my family is ...
I was a nurse back in 2020ā during the pandemic.
At first, I was scared and overwhelmed about an unknown virus coming from China. Nobody knew anythin...
We received a call to a house fire. Shortly after arriving, we heard there was a strong likelihood someone might still be inside.
āHeās probably in t...
Iām a paramedic. Iāve been called to numerous homes when an elderly patient suffers a heart attack or seems to be having a stroke. I always do the bes...
I received a 9-1-1 call that caught me off guardā in a way none of the others ever had.
It was a co-workerās family calling. His brother-in-law was o...
I was at my daughterās college graduation. It was a 2-year community collegeā the kind where they do a lot of vocational training.
I found myself spe...
Three are three key talking points in this presentationā¦
1ļøā£ Emotional health is a vital component of total healthā yet itās one we often overlook. I...
It was Christmas Day, a few years into being a firefighter.
I had some seniority at the station, so I wasnāt scheduled to work that day. But, I had a...
I joined the State Highway Patrol while I was in my mid-twenties. Real fast, I picked up special code words and nicknames the guys had for various sit...