Today was a hard day in the life of my Houston Firefighter.
I am sitting in my conference at the Hilton and had an overwhelming urge to text Blake and let him know that I missed him and hoped he was having a good day. An hour later he was on top of the roof of a home daycare facility fighting a fire. Three children lost their lives. Others were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. He called me later in the afternoon and told me he was not having a good day and explained to me what was going on. He asked me to hug the kids for him. I wanted nothing more than to rush to my kids and take them home, which is exactly what I did.
I picked Zane up from Kids Klub first and on the way to pick up Macy (Kade is spending the week with my mom and Lee) I explained to him what happened. I struggle with how much information I should give him when things like this happen, but I feel like he needs to be aware and so I told him everything. We talked about it for awhile and he wanted to make sure that his daddy was ok and then was very concerned about the kids who lost their lives in the fire. He was very quiet and I looked back at him to ask if he had any more questions and he had tears just streaming down his face. He said that he was very sad for the kids who died and their families. It made him think of Kade and Macy and how they are at a daycare too and we never know what may happen. He has such a tender heart and I love that boy so much. When I put Macy in her car seat he was just looking out the window and wouldn't turn her direction. I told him that Macy was telling him "hi" and he wiped the tears from his face and eyes and then faced her with a huge smile on his face. He didn't want her to see that he was sad or that anything was wrong. He is such an awesome big brother.
Once we made it home we looked online for the news headlines and videos. Blake is still upset, angry, hurt, sad, etc. This was a tough day for him. He has made some really tough runs in the past, but the ones that involve children are the worst ones to make. Blake LOVES his job and we know that he is exactly where GOD wants him to be, but there are definitely some tough days he has encountered in the short time he has been in the fire department. I am thankful for him and all of the other firefighters who risk their lives every day they go to work to keep the rest of us safe.
Please be praying for all the children involved in the fire, their families, and the firefighters!
The picture I have posted shows Blake waiting to climb the ladder to get on the roof.
