She will kiss the baby, she will kiss me and she will leave to go take care of people that are having the worst day of their entire lives. Car wrecks, gunshot wounds, explosions, burns and breaks – professionals, poor, pastors, addicts and prostitutes – mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and families – it doesn’t matter who you are or what happened to you.
She will take care of you.
She will come home 14 hours later and remove shoes that have walked through blood, bile, tears and fire from aching feet and leave them outside.
Sometimes she will not want to talk about it. Sometimes she can’t wait to talk about it.
Sometimes she will laugh until she cries and sometimes she will just cry – but regardless of those sometimes she will be on time for her next shift.
My wife is a nurse. My wife is a hero.
Bobby’s post has received countless praises on both Rayena’s heroic deeds as a trauma nurse and his admirable, undying affection for his wife.
“I typed this with my thumbs in less time than it took to brew the coffee I referenced,” Bobby told Alabama Media Group. “It has been amazing to see it travel so far and humbling to read the notes and stories from nurses, medical professionals, patients and people worldwide.”