The following Short Take describes what members of the
EMS, Fire and Police Departments, doctors and nurses go through every week. I am not sure who wrote it but I commend them for doing it! My husband is the one who inspired me to do this page. He is currently enrolled in BLET and is taking it very seriously, I am so proud of him and I hope that he knows how much he is supported and how much I support all of you out there who risk your lives everyday! May God protect you and bless you! And remember while they are out there keeping our streets safe we need to be praying for their safety and that they will come back home to their families every night! We need to try to understand exactly what they go through so that we can give them more heartfelt recognition for all that they do! I hope you enjoy the following poem! I did when I first read it!
I WANT TO TELL YOU LIES.
I want to tell that little boy his Mom will be just fine
I want to tell that dad we got his daughter out in time
I want to tell that wife her husband will be home tonight
I don't want to tell it like it is.....
I want to tell them lies.
You didn't put their seat belts on, you feel you killed your
kids
I want to say you didn't ... but in a way, you did.
You pound your fists into my chest, you're hurting so inside
I want to say you'll be ok......
I want to tell you lies.
You left chemicals within his reach and now it's in his eyes
I want to say your son will see, not tell you he'll be blind.
You ask me if he'll be OK, with pleading in your eyes
I want to say that yes he will.....
I want to tell you lies.
I can see you're crying as your life goes up in smoke.
If you'd maintained that smoke alarm, your children may have
woke.
Don't grab my arm and ask me if your family is alive.
Don't make me tell you they're all dead........
I want to tell you lies.
I want to say she'll be okay, you didn't take her life
I hear you say you love her and you'd never hurt your wife.
You thought you didn't drink too much, you thought that you
could drive.
I don't want to say how wrong you were.....
I want to tell you lies.
You only left her for a moment, it happens all the time.
How could she have fallen when you thought she couldn't climb.
I want to say her neck's not broke, that she will be just
fine.
I don't want to say she's paralyzed........
I want to tell you lies.
I want to tell this teen his buddies didn't die in vain
Because he thought it would be cool to try and beat that
train.
I don't want to tell him this will haunt him all his life
I want to say that he'll forget........
I want to tell him lies.
You left the cabinet open and your daughter found the gun.
Now you want me to undo the damage that's been done.
You tell me she's your only child, you say she's only five.
I don't want to say she won't see six..........
I want to tell you lies.
He fell into the pool when you went to grab the phone.
It was only for a second that you left him there alone.
If you'd let the phone just ring perhaps your boy would be
alive.
But I don't want to tell you that.........
I want to tell you lies.
The fact that you were speeding caused that car to overturn
And we couldn't get them out of there before the whole thing
burned.
Did they suffer? Yes, they suffered, they were slowly burned
alive
But I don't want to say those words........
I want to tell you lies.
But I have to tell it like it is, until my shift is through
And then the real lies begin, when I come home to you.
You ask me how my day was, and I say it was fine
I hope you understand, sometimes............
I have to tell you lies.
Dedicated to all the Police Officers, Firefighters, EMTs,
Paramedics,
Emergency Flight Crews, Hospital Police, Security Officers and
all Civil
Servants who deal with the tragedies of life and death. The
saddest of
all, being those that could have been prevented.
Wear your seat belts.
Keep poisons, flammables, fireworks, etc. out of reach of
children.
Keep your smoke alarm in operating order, if you don't have
one, get one.
Never, ever drive if you've been drinking.
Never leave your toddler unattended.
Teens, be responsible drivers, obey all traffic lights, posted
limits,
warning signs and signals at RR crossings.
Keep your guns locked and out of reach, buy a trigger guard.
Am I preaching?
Am I nagging?
I guess I am just telling it like it is.......
Or I could just tell you lies....
Please send this to everyone you know and care about, maybe it
will make them think before they do something deadly!
And the next time you hear a siren in the distance, don't just
say a
prayer for the victims and their families. Say a prayer for
the people
that face these tragedies every day and do the best they can
to save
someone that is loved. We never see the tears of these brave
men and
women, but God does.
author unknown to me
I owe a very big thank you to Jen for helping me with this! Please check her out here
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