The Pager

When your Sir/hubby is a fireman.....and it is 1:45am and his pager goes off, he gets dressed, grabs his stuff and is out the door in about a moments flash, literally under a minute...with just a quick kiss and a "I love you hun" its scary. This happened 2 nights ago. I do not think I have EVER seen that man move so fast in all my life except when I had babies shooting out of me...lol Then I lay there thinking "turn on the scanner" followed by "no dont turn on the scanner" followed by "dont you want to hear and listen to what happens" followed by "nope, yes, nope, yes" and so forth. I lay there wide awake until he came home.

Yesterday we went out to eat, and before he even had 3 bites of his food...you guessed it.....pager went off......car accident......and off he ran. I passed the accident on our way back home and I saw him there, trying to help........

I love him.....and am so proud.

These men and women, including the ones in Law Enforcement, leave their familes, their homes, their loved ones...to go save someone elses loved ones. The jobs they do are important and dangerous. As we were sitting there eating, my youngest son said " Why does dad have to go help them? Why can't he just stay here?" To which my response was "If it was us, in an accident, or fire, wouldn't you want someone to come help us. So that we can come home to daddy safely?" He sat there for a moment and slowly smiled and said "I am so proud of dad".....me to baby...me to.