A Shift Workers Wife Letter to Her Husband – Mommy Blogger

06/17/2019

I am Amanda Grace. I am a full time working mama of 2 beautiful sassy girlies and 1 handsome husband. I started blogging a few years ago and have recently published a blog the Blue Bird Journals. My goal for blogging is to inspire and support other parents. I want others to know that they are not alone in tough times and that they have someone to celebrate the good times with too! I truly believe the corny saying ‘sharing is caring’. ❤️

​I invite you to browse my site at www.bluebirdjournals.com or catch me on instagram (@bluebirdjournals) or facebook (@bluebirdjournalsblog).

Note: My husband, Robbie, left for work last night and will be away for an extended period of time. He does shift work out of town. His shifts away can be anywhere from 5 days to 5 weeks. This is a long shift and all I have been thinking about today. So I want to write a letter to him and share it with you guys.

Robbi

As I’m writing this I am sad. I’m sad that you are gone and sad that I am alone. Sad for me but more so for our two little girls. They love their dad more than anything in this world. The way they look at you when you walk into a room says it all. Robbie, you truly are their best friend and favorite person. Guess what, you are my favorite person too! Don’t tell Max (our family dog), he thinks its him.

I know we are not the only ones who are sad. This lifestyle is hard on you too. Sometimes you have to miss baseball games, dance recitals, or birthday parties. You are gone when routines change, bedtimes are extended, or when little miss has decided she will no longer eat anything that she does not believe to be “healthy”. (I put quotations around healthy because her world of healthy are just foods that she doesn’t want to try that I give her.) It doesn’t seem like a big deal but I know all of those things are reminders to you that you aren’t home for us.

But Robbie you are “home” to us in many other ways. With the notes you leave, with the treats that are sometimes hidden to be a surprise for a certain day, with the flowers you buy when you are home and brighten our house for days after you leave, your bedtime calls or facetimes to sing a song, or the text you write to remind me I’m doing a good job. All of these things remind us that you are our home!

So on the days that were are all sad let’s remember how lucky we are that we are sad. Sad because we all love each other and love our time together and that is a really special thing to have.

Love,

Amanda

I hope that you and your family feel the love your home has made everyday no matter where you.