Have ya noticed all my blogs are titled inline with a song?
This blog is entitled "Back In The Saddle" because literally, tomorrow I get to be back on the job. The job I love, what I've been trained to do. Who I am.
The job I love hurt me. I've been off work for just over a month. Well, let me explain.
This job ALWAYS hurts anyone that signs up for it. It's the nature of the beast. A child injured by a car running a stop sign. An elderly person not able to live alone anymore. A teenager heading down the wrong path and overdosing. A family living in a hotel because their house caught on fire. A middle aged father sent to a wheelchair because of a car wreck he didn't cause. Pulling the remains of someone that was alive yesterday out of a fire in front of his family today. Knowing I am the LAST person you will see and talk to on this earth. Literally watching the soul leaving the person in my arms.
I have done ALL of the above. This job HURTS.
About a month ago, The Job literally hurt me. It was a "stupid" injury. But the doctors and the MRI explained that The Job has been causing this since day 1. I haven't been able to go back to it. To be who I am, what I do, what WE do, what I am trained for. According to the Doctors, the MRI, and X-Rays, I wasn't ALLOWED to got back to work. But tomorrow my friends, I AM!
There is an undying spirit among us, YOUR FIREFIGHTERS. It truly is a calling, a need to help those in need.
I truly hope, that I sit there and do NOTHING tomorrow. That means that no one under my care needs help, and I'm OK with that.
But if you need me, US, I'll come running with bells and whistles! It's who I AM.
It's not something we do, IT'S WHO WE ARE.
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