Bobby Wesson of Gardendale, Alabama really, really loves his wife. Rayena Wesson works at a local hospital as a trauma nurse, which if frequently ranked as one of the country’ most stressful jobs.
Earlier this week, while Rayena was catching a few moments of extra sleep before returning to work, Bobby took to Facebook to share with his friends why his wife is his “hero.”
This is my wife taking a nap. In an hour she will wake up, put on her scrubs and get ready for work.
The tools and items she needs to perform her job will be gathered and checked meticulously – her hair and makeup will be done quickly. She will complain that she looks awful. I will disagree, emphatically, and get her a cup of coffee.
She will sit on the couch with her legs crossed under her and try to drink it while happily playing with the toddler that’s crawling all over her.She will occasionally stare off blankly as we talk; silently steeling herself for the coming shift. She thinks I don’t notice.
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 trauma nurse. My wife is a hero.
The post quickly spread online and has now been shared a staggering 100,000 times and accumulated almost 300,000 “likes.”
“My wife and I have been humbled by all of the stories that nurses, medical professionals, patients, first responders and people across the globe have shared with us,” Mr. Wesson said in a followup post. “Those of you that know my wife know that she flinches at the word hero. She doesn’t miss an opportunity to downplay her role and tell people that she is a small part of a very large team – but she is a large part of my very small team and I’m proud of her.”
Mrs. Wesson may flinch at the word “hero,” but we can’t think of a more fitting way to describe her and her colleagues.
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