We were surprised twice last week with visits from the fire department. Nothing was the matter it’s them wanting to say “Thanks.”
On Wednesday, May 4th, the funeral procession for a fallen firefighter went right in front of our school. The children here went down for their naps early and got up early so we could pay our respects. We had 40 children from ages 1-4 lined up inside the fence and some were holding flags as the procession went by.
We were not even sure they would be spotted. We were wrong.
The next day one of the fire stations called to see if they could come by to tell the kids they were touched. The children got to climb all over the truck and get their pictures taken. It was pretty exciting!
The next, day, 2 trucks pulled p to say thanks as well. More climbing and photo ops.
When I spoke to the fire chief to thank him for the men coming by, he was thankful to us. He said the children were spotted by the fence that day and it caused a lump in the throats of all the firemen. One group of firemen down from Georgia was so affected the chief said it “Blubberized them!”
We thank God for being on the route of the procession and being able to teach our children to take a public stand to honor our first responders.
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