After-Shift Kit for Police Spouses | Printable Companion to What Comes Home

The job does not end at the door. Neither does your night.

This is a 10-page printable kit for the person who loves a cop. Print it at home. Use the page that matches this week.

What’s inside

• The landing menu — quiet, shower, food, yard, gym, game, or company — plus a time box so decompression does not become disappearing
• The door question card: Do you need quiet, movement, or us?
• Daddy work. Daddy comes home. A goodbye ritual and a sleeps chart for a toddler
• Holiday swap table for Christmas, birthdays, and school nights the roster takes
• 8 conversation cards to cut apart
• Counter notes you can leave instead of starting a fight in the kitchen
• 10 questions, one a week
• When this kit is not enough

This is a companion to the book What Comes Home. You do not have to own the book to use the kit.

Details

• PDF · 10 pages · US Letter
• Print on a home printer. Black and white is fine. Card stock is better for the cut-apart pages.
• Author: Mara Ellison
• Personal use. Print for your house.

This is not therapy. If you are afraid in your own home, get help.