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Be thankful every day, not just Thanksgiving, it sometimes hard to remember we need to do that. It is almost Thanksgiving and Christmas is now in sight. As I reflect on the past year I am blown away at how fast it has went by. As I look back at the past year I have so much to be thankful for. My family, my faith, my job and that no one was seriously hurt while we were doing that job. The job we have chosen to do, and if you are reading this I assume you are in the fire / EMS field, isn’t always the safest job in the world. We do everything we can to keep from getting hurt but it sometimes happens. I’m thankful that that hasn’t happened at my department this year.

But we should be thankful every way, not just Thanksgiving. As the years go past and I get older I find myself wanting to slow things down. My children are almost grown, my career is more than half over. It all goes so fast. I try to be thankful every day for all the blessings in my life, but I sometimes forget. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the past year and give thanks for all those blessings. Some years are better than others sure, but in the end just doing the jobs we love is a blessing. We are firefighters, we are American Firefighters! The greatest jobs on earth.

I’m thankful this year for many things, including my profession and working with Fire and Axes, which gives me the opportunity to write this blog a few times a month and speak to others like me.

I pray each of you have a blessed Thanksgiving Holiday with loved ones.

Until next time,

Captain K

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