My daughter’s outstanding best friend — the kind you want to adopt and whose spirit you hope will rub off on your kids — invited D to make treats for the firefighters at their recent meeting. Her dad is one of the firefighters in our town and this was a token of their appreciation for the efforts all the firefighters make to keep our residents safe.
The local newspaper caught D and her friend doing this good deed, and their photo made it into the newspaper. It’s so nice when the community recognizes kids doing good things. It’s almost a self-fulfilling prophecy, don’t you think?
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10:11 pm
Enjoyed reading through your posts and hope to visit again very soon.
Blessings from Costa Rica
10:42 pm
Was all ready for you this week! LOL Here’s our two cents this Tuesday: http://twolittlevikings.blogspot.com/2007/07/pass-torch-little-early.html
2:16 pm
Here is my Pass the Torch for July 31.
http://www.livethepower.com/blog/280/exactly-what-we-wanted/
(if I didn’t quite do this right, let me know!)
6:54 pm
What a great thing for them to do! I’m sure it was greatly appreciated.
1:58 am
Hey D… my hubby is a retired firefighter. I do remember the times I made pie or cake and took to the station with ice-cream. How those guys loved it.
I’ve not made any treats in the past few years. You have inspired me to make something soon and go visit them with something special.
Now I really have to say firefighters… because there are women on the force
10:02 pm
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