All I can see is Blue....
Lately I have been on a Blue Bloods kick on Netflix. I believe the term is BINGE watching. Yes. I am a binge-watcher of many shows. West Wing, Scandal, Blacklist....and now Blue Bloods.
Honestly it all starts the same and it is all my husband's fault. He starts watching a show...I am in the kitchen or around the house musing at him for getting hooked on another show....I stop for just that tiny moment and BAM! I'm hooked. Now I have to sit. I have to watch. Then I usually get ahead of him, especially during a week long break from school...hee hee! And if family is in town...they get hooked too.
I do other things while it is on in the background...but in the evenings...after Boo goes to bed...I get my popcorn and I'm good for two episodes.
Back to Blue Bloods. If you haven't watched it...you should. While things obviously don't get processed as fast...and my husband doesn't catch every good case...it is still a great example of how Police Officers don't have just a job. They live it. Constantly.
And I pushed for a long time against being sucked in to the life because I didn't want to give up/in to being completely BLUE.
That all changed for me with Ferguson.
Watching the initial reports on the news saddened me. It confused me. I had so many questions.
Why are these people rioting over a Police Officer defending himself? Why are people stealing items from stores? How do the store owners have anything to do with this? Why are people yelling "black lives matter"? As long as I have been alive I have never known them not to matter. Why are we only reporting certain crimes on the news? I mean if we are going to report one bad thing and fuel it with coverage and people that want to be on the news...then let's be responsible and report everything.
Ok...end of rant. I am a cop's wife so obviously I have many questions. And many opinions. But that is not the point of this particular blog.
The point is - that this is my life too. And I realize it now. I realize that our family will always be a Law Enforcement family because that is now how we are treated...both good and bad. It is unfortunate on the bad days. I don't look forward to the time that someone comes up and says something rude or judgmental to my son about his Dad. Especially statements that are FILLED with ignorance.
This is my LIFE. When you say something bad about Police Officers...you directly say something bad about our lives. We are not individual families that have separate jobs. We have ONE job and we are ONE family. Every cop family knows all the same things to be true. We just back the Blue. Good or bad...we back them. If it was a mistake...so be it. That person will be judged accordingly for their actions. But we don't stop backing the Blue.
During this time of such HATE against us, I have to stand firm....and I advise all of you other cop's wives to do the same. Stand firm against those texts....e-mails...posts...pictures. Stand firm against the ignorance. Stand firm and realize that GOD knows all things...sees all things...knows the truth. Stand firm and repeat Romans 13:1-5. Close your eyes...and just see Blue.
Honestly it all starts the same and it is all my husband's fault. He starts watching a show...I am in the kitchen or around the house musing at him for getting hooked on another show....I stop for just that tiny moment and BAM! I'm hooked. Now I have to sit. I have to watch. Then I usually get ahead of him, especially during a week long break from school...hee hee! And if family is in town...they get hooked too.
I do other things while it is on in the background...but in the evenings...after Boo goes to bed...I get my popcorn and I'm good for two episodes.
Back to Blue Bloods. If you haven't watched it...you should. While things obviously don't get processed as fast...and my husband doesn't catch every good case...it is still a great example of how Police Officers don't have just a job. They live it. Constantly.
And I pushed for a long time against being sucked in to the life because I didn't want to give up/in to being completely BLUE.
That all changed for me with Ferguson.
Watching the initial reports on the news saddened me. It confused me. I had so many questions.
Why are these people rioting over a Police Officer defending himself? Why are people stealing items from stores? How do the store owners have anything to do with this? Why are people yelling "black lives matter"? As long as I have been alive I have never known them not to matter. Why are we only reporting certain crimes on the news? I mean if we are going to report one bad thing and fuel it with coverage and people that want to be on the news...then let's be responsible and report everything.
Ok...end of rant. I am a cop's wife so obviously I have many questions. And many opinions. But that is not the point of this particular blog.
The point is - that this is my life too. And I realize it now. I realize that our family will always be a Law Enforcement family because that is now how we are treated...both good and bad. It is unfortunate on the bad days. I don't look forward to the time that someone comes up and says something rude or judgmental to my son about his Dad. Especially statements that are FILLED with ignorance.
This is my LIFE. When you say something bad about Police Officers...you directly say something bad about our lives. We are not individual families that have separate jobs. We have ONE job and we are ONE family. Every cop family knows all the same things to be true. We just back the Blue. Good or bad...we back them. If it was a mistake...so be it. That person will be judged accordingly for their actions. But we don't stop backing the Blue.
During this time of such HATE against us, I have to stand firm....and I advise all of you other cop's wives to do the same. Stand firm against those texts....e-mails...posts...pictures. Stand firm against the ignorance. Stand firm and realize that GOD knows all things...sees all things...knows the truth. Stand firm and repeat Romans 13:1-5. Close your eyes...and just see Blue.
:::Stay tuned this weekend for a guest blog from my husband.:::
We are so thankful for Wes and all the men and women who protect us! I am not brave enough to do that. Love you guys!
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