Alison Coldridge November 16, 2015
Wesson praised his wife for all of the hard work she does as a nurse and a mother. [Photo: Facebook/Bobby Wesson]
Bobby Wesson has become an Internet sensation after penning a public essay about all of the hard work his wife, a nurse, does.
Wesson took to Facebook to share a photo of his sleeping wife Rayena, who’s a trauma nurse at an Alabama hospital. Wesson paired the pic with an essay, explaining why he considers Rayena to be a “hero”.
The image shared by Wesson online. [Photo: Facebook/Bobby Wesson]
“This is my wife taking a nap. In an hour she will wake up, put on her scrubs and get ready for work,” he wrote.
“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 nurse. My wife is a hero.”
Wesson has become an Internet sensation thanks to his appreciative post. [Photo: Facebook/Bobby Wesson]
Since being shared last week, the post has racked up over 600,000 likes and almost 150,000 shares with Facebook users praising the relentless hard work of nurses and medical staff worldwide.
Wesson has been on the receiving end of a fair amount of praise, too, for acknowledging and appreciating what his wife goes through.
“As a wife, a mother and a nurse who has never received a thanks or even acknowledgement for anything, this made my heart sing,” wrote Peta Joanna Skyes.
“This is not just a display of gratitude to your wife for her profession in caring for others, but it’s nice to see a husband can truly love and respect his wife and mother of his child by so publicly displaying this admiration. Seems she’s lucky to have you, too.”
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