As some of you may know, my son Johnathon, has Autism. I am taking classes in Fire Science just to learn more about the life of a Firefighter, cause my dream is to one day be an EMT for Metro here in Tennessee. The stations here are were the EMT are with the Firefighters and I wanted to be more aware of their jobs also. I was blown away by all the things FF have to know and learn and are responsible for just on a everyday basis. I could not believe the lack of community support and concern for… Continue

Hey everybody!!! Hope everyone is well. Okay I need some; okay if anyone has read my blogs you know all of this is new to me and I have no clue half the time what my instructor is talking about, so the questions this week he gave us is to ask our local firefighters what is the point of no return? and he says five of them would not be able to tell you. And we need to find out the five top reasons, from FEMA, that firefighters lose their lives and what can we do to decrease. So if anyone has any… Continue

WOW!! You came back for part two of my story, THANK YOU!!! Okay, the 31st I went to Wal-Mart and saw some Santa Figurines with sports theme, there was one in the back that had a checked flag around the bottom of his coat and I thought it was for racing, so I picked it up thinking Johnathon would like it, he likes racing stuff, and guess what??? I got it turned it over and on the back of the coat said EMT. I about fainted right there; all the other Santa was holding baseballs, basketballs ,etc.… Continue

Just like to say Hi to everyone and thank you so much for all the warm welcomes. I am a single (just recently after 12yrs) mom with a autistic son, Johnathon, who is my life. After the lost of three children I was told in 06 that I couldn't have any more children. So I tell everyone I am here on earth for the two J's JESUS and Johnathon. I was also told in o6 that the career I had is the only thing I would ever be able to do. Of course that was coming from Johnathon's dad, Billy, who I… Continue