Friday, August 21, 2009

Firefighters Friday


Friday August 21, 2009

FIREFIGHTERS FRIDAY

Have you every noticed that when you talk of a person you haven't seen in awhile they will often call or appear a short time later? I wonder if our words or thoughts have the ability to send them a "call me" message? Perhaps it is just a coincidence. Whatever the answer may be I experienced the phenomena a few days ago.

Last Saturday, the day after my blog on firefighters and fire safety, I was in a store talking with a group of young women about the blog, fire safety, and firemen. (I'm sure you can guess on which subject the majority of the conversation was focused.) When I walked out there they were! A whole flock of firemen! I was sure this was some sort of sign so I hurried up to them saying, "Hello, Hello, Do You Remember Me? I Just Wrote About You Yesterday!"

To their credit not a single one of them took a step backwards in the face of my enthusiastic greeting. (There are so many ways disaster training can come in handy.) One of them actually vaguely remembered me interviewing him and this served to reassure the others that I wasn't completely crazy.

We talked for a few minutes about some of the fire safety tips I had written in the blog. One of the firefighters reminded me that every family should have a safe meeting place outside the home. Great advice. If your family hasn't decided on a location, please choose one right away and make sure everyone in the family knows where it is.

I would also like to invite any other firefighters or other emergency workers with evacuation and safety tips to contact me at wineandchocolateplan@gmail.com or www.wineandchocolateplan.com

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