End of Watch: Nothing Matters If You Don’t Get Home
September 4, 2025 — Evening
Some things in life don’t matter. The argument you lost at work. The job that chewed you up. The hours you swore were wasted.
What matters is making it home at the end of the day. Walking through that door. Hugging the people who depend on you. That’s it. That’s the whole scoreboard.
I’ve stood next to families who didn’t get that chance. A knock at the door, a phone call at 2 a.m., a uniformed officer with words no one wants to hear. Everything else drops to zero when the one you love doesn’t come home.
That’s why I carry. That’s why I train. Not because I’m paranoid or itching for trouble, but because my people deserve to see me again tomorrow morning. And I want to see them.
End of watch doesn’t mean the end of life. It means you made it back. Nothing else matters more.
