My hero!

Most everyone else is probably still in bed right now but not me! I've been up since 5:30. That's 4:30, yesterday's time. Way too early!

My hubby woke me up by turning on the light outside our bedroom to get bullets for his guns. He had to be in Grand Rapids by 8am for some shooting thing he is going to today. Something for law enforcement officers and their guns. I don't know. I'm sure I'll hear all about when he gets home!

Have I mentioned what E does for a living? He works for our local sheriff's department. Has a badge and a gun and all that good stuff. He does not work on the road, though. That is something he has no interest in at all! He has seen and stopped at two fatal car accidents since he started working at the department 11 years ago and he had a real tough time dealing with them. One was a girl on her way to her graduation ceremonies. He did what he could but she was already gone. That hit him so hard! He had to work a 12 hour night shift after he left that scene.

He works in the jail in corrections. He is so good at his job! I know he is because we see previous inmates out in the stores and restaurants and most do not avoid him. Most have to come up to him and shake his hand and tell him they are staying out of trouble. That tells me they respect him and they want his respect, too. Once in a while there are some that avoid him like the plague. Those are usually the "frequent flyers" as E likes to call them. The people who just seem to attract trouble everywhere they go. It's either alcohol, or drugs, or thievery, or abuse. Those "frequent flyers" my hubby has not been able to reach.

E is such a hero! He has saved two people trying to commit suicide while in jail. They have cameras in every cell, of course, but they do not cover every inch of the cell. Both times the people were trying to hang themselves in the shower. Both times he knew something was not right in that cell and he was able to rush in and cut them down. I tease him about being superman!

I laugh because on every vacation we went on for a few years he saved someone or something. We were up in Mackinac a few years ago at an old sawmill. They have this chute that runs from a pond to the sawmill. They open the chute and the water turns the paddle wheel that works the blade to cut the wood. I know, real detailed description. Anyway, we were standing at the top of the chute looking down in it and there was a blue heron in the chute. He had dropped in but couldn't get out because the chute has these slats across the top every 15 inches or so and the bird didn't have enough room to spread his wings. We knew that when they opened it the water would push the bird down to the paddle wheel and that wouldn't be good. My hubby took off running to the sawmill to tell the operator not to open the chute. They called maintenance to come in and get the bird out. They said the heron probably was fishing for frogs. The mill operator said between the rush of water and hitting the paddle wheel it would have killed the bird. See? A hero.

A few years later we were up in Sault Ste. Marie camping with some friends. In The Soo there is a really tall sea wall at the marina that people like to jump off. Not me, but other people. Well, E and his friend decided they wanted to try it. My friend and I stayed on shore and watched from a warm, dry distance. There were several people jumping off that day. My hubby has just come out of the water when a girl about 14 years old was pushed off by her friends. Because she didn't run and jump she was way too close to the pier and she hit it all the way down. My hubby took off running, swam to the girl and swam back with her and carried her to shore. Our friends, and hers, just stood there with their mouths hanging open. She was pretty banged up and I don't think she could have swam to shore herself. Her friends were all young teenagers so I doubt they could have helped her either.

I tease him constantly about his cape, where he hides it. He's helped people skiing, kayaking, wiping out on their bikes, you name it! I am so lucky to be married to such an amazing man. Everyone he meets he connects with. Everyone just loves him. I cannot wait to see what a difference he will make in our future children's lives. I think any child would be proud to eventually call my wonderful husband Daddy.