Mercedes and the fireman - 2005

Mercedes was in Discovery (preschool) last year and the firemen visited the kids. The guys that came to her classroom she knew, so I thought it was going to be just fine. Uh, I was wrong. I got a phone call after they left. They guys walked in and brought their suits with so the kids could see them without their suit and then with it on. They didn't want them to be scared. As soon as they put it on, Mercedes started shaking and crying saying she was scared. Her best friend, Kaylee Eccles was with her and started crying because Mercedes was. Finally, the teacher had to take them out of the room. Then, while the firemen were there, there was a practice firedrill. They went outside and Mercedes then thought for some reason that Sierra died in the fire. Her thought was, ok, there's a fire and the firemen are here. I don't see my sister, so she must have died in the fire. The teacher said they tried consoling Mercedes and telling her that Sierra was ok. Mercedes wouldn't quit crying until they found Sierra. The teachers were finally able to track down where Sierra was so Mercedes could see she was ok. All of the teachers said they have never seen 2 sisters hug like that. They said Mercedes didn't want to let go and Sierra just kept telling her that everything would be ok and that she was fine and she wasn't hurt. Sierra had to tell her it was ok to go back to class and that there wasn't a fire in school and they were just practicing on what to do if there ever was a fire. Finally, Mercedes agreed she would go back to class. The teachers said they could see how much they loved eachother!!

I just remembered that this month the firemen will be going to the classrooms again, so I better tell Mercedes that it's ok.

Peace.