To all the heroes out there fighting to help people every day, we salute you.
One husband’s Facebook post dedicated to his wife has gone viral this week thanks to the simple yet fantastic message behind it.
Bobby Wesson from Alabama shared a picture of his wife, who works as a trauma nurse, to Facebook writing: “This is my wife taking a nap.
“In an hour, she will wake up, put on her scrubs and get ready for work.
“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,” the post, which was spotted by our sisters over at HerFamily.ie, concludes.
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…
Posted by Bobby Wesson on Saturday, November 7, 2015
At the time of writing, the picture has received over 600,000 likes and has been shared almost 150,000 times since it was posted last week.
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