| Friday, June 22, 2007 |
| It's my allergies...yeah... |
I know better than to read the stories about the memorial service in South Carolina today, but I did it anyway. I know better than to look through the photo slide shows, but I did it anyway. I got a little smug...I made it through the articles without crying, and made it most of the way through the slide show without crying. Then I came across a pic of some little red construction paper hearts strung up on yarn...a little memorial made by some Charleston kids. Composure - gone. Eyes - red and puffy. Nose - stopped up, yet runny at the same time.
TJ left the house this morning with his dress uniform draped over his arm. I'm not sure what they have planned, and I didn't ask because I knew it would be sad. I spoke with him once today already - they went out on a call for some guy out in the water that, as it turns out, wasn't drowning. Go figure. It's not ALL heroic rescues...heh.
Do whatever it is you do - pray, meditate, light candles - for the families of these 9 guys. Their biological family and their firefighter family - it's going to be hard on ALL of them. I can't imagine how TJ would be if he lost a member of his crew, much less 9 guys from the department. He spends as much time with them as he does with me - and to be honest, they probably have more fun...lol. He doesn't have to pay bills with them, ya know? ...sigh... I'm gonna go get a tissue...my allergies are acting up. |
posted by Jen @ 9:45 AM  |
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