RIDE ALONG CHRONICLES

Join us for our special Mother's Day podcast episode! Today, we meet with Betty, a mother of a police officer, who shares her journey of her son's career from academy through retirement and beyond. She details how she dealt with her concerns when she learned about his career choice, how she intentionally chose to champion him, and how she maintained her own perspective through it.

Join us for Part 1 of Melissa's story as she shares how she found her place in a male-dominated career, how she navigated dating before marrying her husband, and her experience revealing her pregnancy. Melissa shares some lessons she learned the hard way and details the challenges she overcame to find balance on and off the job.                                                                                                      Part 2 of Melissa's story coming soon!

On today's episode we meet with Diane who shines a positive light on working towards a successful first responder marriage. She shares her nearly 40 years of experience as a LEO wife and mother. She highlights how this lifestyle, although difficult at times, has been been enriching and a calling for the whole family!

On today's episode we meet with Monica, who will share her courageous story of parenting a child with mental health struggles. In this episode we discuss "the invisible ones", first responder children who often get forgotten in this lifestyle but end up seeing and absorbing everything. Monica shares her daughter's emotional battle with depression, addiction,  and unhealthy coping strategies. Find out how this affected Monica's entire family, and how she and her first responder worked together to

On today's episode we chat with Violet who shares her experience of when her LEO transitioned from patrol to an undercover assignment shortly after welcoming their twins. She explains the challenges she faced and the routines she set in order to keep her family in the front seat and her relationship in tact.

Our First Episode!!  This episode is about us and the journey of how we created this podcast.  We are 3 great friends who created our own support system as we raised our families in the first responder lifestyle.  Our confidential guests will share their stories in this safe space that didn't exist for us.  So Ride Along with us as we chronicle lessons learned and provide helpful resources to keep first responder families in the front seat!

Our guest today is Lisa who will share the story of her LEO's first serious on the job injury.  This includes getting THAT fateful call, surviving the chaotic aftermath, finding her resilience through his recovery and in the end realizing what mattered most!Look out for another Episode with Lisa coming soon where she will share her story of her LEO's second serious on duty injury!