Fuller happened upon the four firefighters as they was perusing an aisle. She thanked them for containing the wildfires that have wrought havoc in the state of California for the better part of November.
In response, one of the firefighters asked her if she’d lost her home. She said “yes”, only for their collective reply to knock the breath out of her body.
“It’s your lucky day,” they said. “Let’s go to the toy aisle, and mom get what you all need.”
The four firemen went on to pay for three full shopping carts of items, including toys for the children to play with.
A relatively small gesture, it might seem, given what Fuller and her family have lost as a result of the terrible Camp Fire. In such dark times, however, it’s the small gestures that appear to echo the loudest. In any case, what the four firemen did has certainly had a hugely positive effect.
Fuller wrote: “These firefighters see people at the worst times of their lives, that’s part of their job…they too have hearts…the Milpitas Fire Department shared their kindness with us today and made my children so happy and they finally feel like things WILL BE OK.”
“So much gratitude,” she continued.
We should all be showing our appreciation to firefighters at this time.
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