Heart-felt Acts: Cookies for Firemen

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” 

― Robert Louis Stevenson

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Some days I feel very selfish.  Sure I am a mom and so by nature am giving all day to my kids, but too often it is easy for it to end right there.  So at the end of last year when Janette of the Johanson Journey and I were trying to come up with something more we could do-- Heartfelt Acts was born.

You can read more about Heartfelt Acts and see the entire years goals by clicking here.

1.  Thank you police or fire department- take them a baked item.
2.  Leave 5 random notes of love or affirmation in different public places.

This month I just completed one of the goals- thanking our local fire department by taking them a baked item.

I decided spring break would be a perfect time to do this.  While I made dozens of No Bake Cookies, Lucas and Alex each drew a picture for our firefighters.   I talked with them about the sacrifices, the hard work and how important fire fighters are to the community.

Alex drew a picture of beautiful flowers on a hill and wrote "Thank you", Lucas drew a picture of a firetruck.

The kids asked what we should say, I said we would just tell them we were there to thank them for all they do.

Holding the cookies and their pictures before going in the firehouse

We showed up at the firehouse and I tried the front door only to find it locked.  My heart raced wondering what I should do when I noticed a doorbell.  I rang it and one of the firefighters immediately came and opened the door.

The kids gave him their pictures and said thank you and he immediately invited us in.  One of the other firefighters got some hats and stickers for the kids and they asked us if we would like to see the truck, of course we said yes.

They asked us why we were there; I told them I was trying to help teach my kids to show thanks and appreciation for those around us and for those who help serve.  "What a good mom!" they complimented many times and I have to be honest, it felt good to hear.

One of the firefighters showed Lucas the mechanics of the truck, right up Lucas' alley and they posed for pictures.

The firefighters loved Ryder's shirt (thanks Mom!) and kept saying they should get a shirt just like that for themselves, only bigger.

As we left Lucas said "that was so cool and it was so nice to do"  Alex said, "I feel really happy and good inside".  Even a week later the thing that Ryder kept bringing up and saying was "we gave firefighters cookies".   He didn't talk about seeing the truck and sitting in it but talked about the cookies we gave the firefighters.

I am so grateful for Heartfelt Acts and even if it is such a little simple thing-- it is a little simple thing that I might not have done without it.

Please feel free to join us anytime and when you blog about it you can add your link anytime.  Here are April's goals

1.  Forgive Someone.
2.  Send a care package (ex: military, friend or family member in college, or any friend just because).

 Also make sure to go read Janette's post today-- she visited her local firehouse with her kids too.