Smiling Big

I had a proud wife moment this past weekend. Most of you all know that Rob recently finished all of his training for his new career as a Licensed Paramedic/Firefighter. I had no idea what you had to learn to be a Paramedic. He is the man that will charge into anyone's home with the intent of doing whatever is possible to save someone's life. If you think of all the different scenarios that can happen, they really do have to know a lot!

We were at Costco on Saturday getting ready to get in line to pay for our unnecessary items when there was a huge commotion at the front of the line. The man checking out with his wife fell suddenly and started convulsing on the floor. Needless to say, his wife was hysterical as were the people around him trying to figure out what to do to help. Without even thinking twice, Rob runs up and goes to work.

They cleared the area around him, and I watched from afar while he did his thing. Just like a car accident, the scene of course attracted many bystanders-and it made me smile how RELIEVED people were that "that paramedic" was right there. The on-duty paramedics were there in under 10 minutes, and they rushed him off to the hospital to be taken care of.

While it typically is not a good thing that Rob's services are ever needed, I was thankful that I was able to see him do his thing. I think that my heart needed to see it. I really struggled not being frustrated with Rob's job situation the past season of our life, and seeing in action what he was working on really squelched those feelings.

(As far as we know, the man who had the issue should be ok. He came too once the ambulance got there.)