Have you ever wondered am I really cut out for this? Or thought to yourself that this is not what I signed up for. Yeah, me too. On the tough days I sometimes question my life choices. Lol. Listen there is something to be said about an Law Enforcement Officer’s Wife. She is fearless, she is bold, she is strong, she is compassionate, she is passionate, she is relentless. She’s not one to underestimate, she will surprise you every single time. And it takes a whole lot to break her.

LEOWs are built tough. We have to be. We have to be for our spouses, our kids and community. We are who they turn to when tough things happen on the job, when great things happen, silly things happen, and what the heck things. We are wives, best friends, ride or dies, therapists. We are compassionate and kick butt tough when necessary.

Our kids follow our lead when it comes to our LEOs. If we walk around in fear for their lives then our little ones will pick up on it and they too will be fearful. Instead we show no fear in front of others. We spill the positives to our kids. We tell them daddy is helping others and getting the bad guys off the street. We make him out to be the hero that he is. We make sacrifices only a few could ever understand. We give up our nightly snuggles for the safety of the community. We give up the pleasure of accompaniment to many invites or we give up the invites all together. We ignore steers and conveniently become deaf to stupid comments. We know some begin to think he “left” after seeing us out and about for the hundredth time with the kids and no him in tote.

We walk with our heads held high feeling proud, invincible, undefeatable. Why? Because we are LEOW and we are built tough. We cry when no one is looking, often times in the shower. We cry out to God when no one is listening because only He has the real ability to protect, comfort and strengthen us. Actually, He built us LEOW tough!

l Kerry-Ann l