What if rest wasn't something you had to earn - but something that was always waiting for you?
Before the Fire Goes Down is a collection of twelve sleep stories and one bonus tale, written for the nurses, caregivers, and quietly exhausted people who spend their days tending to others and have forgotten, somewhere along the way, to tend to themselves.
These are slow stories. Stories about stacking firewood before the first snow falls, about bread rising on a Sunday morning in a house full of three generations, about riding an old bay horse bareback through a gold evening field, about a grandmother's quilting room where the light always seems to arrive at exactly the right angle.
Nothing dramatic happens in these pages. That is entirely the point.
Each story is an invitation to step away from the ward, the worry, and the weight of the week - and into a simpler, quieter life where the animals are settled, the fire is lit, and the only thing left to do is rest.
Written by a nurse, for nurses - though anyone who has ever given too much of themselves to others will find something here that feels like it was written just for them.
The fire is lit. The bread is rising. Come in.
