Chloe met a firefighter today.

I had just gotten home and was trying to get some laundry started. The girls wanted me to read to them, and my mom wanted to make meal plans with us. My Dad wasn't answering the phone, so I asked Alex to walk over and ask him to call me. About 5 minutes after Alex came home, Chloe walks in and tells me the man needs to talk to me. I looked at her and said, "what man, is someone at the door?" She says "yep" and walks off like it was no big deal. So I head to the door. I got into the next room and hear the doorbell ring followed by pounding on the door, then the bell rang again before I could get there. I was very annoyed by that, so I open the inside door and ask if I can help him. Then I notice he has a police/firefighter hand radio in his hand and he is talking on it.

It seems that Chloe folloew Alex out the door(he never closes the door). She wanted to go to see Pa also. Alex met her, and told her to come back home and left her on the sidewalk. Well, this off duty fireman saw her walking alone. He called another fireman and then they called the cops. A few of other people also stoped to help. Chloe told me he told her "Go get your mommy and bring her to me". So she turned around, came home and told me that the man wanted to talk to me.

So back to when I go to the door. I look out and see a truck in our driveway, a van infront of the house, a car in the street across from us, as well as about 5 more on the street. Then the cop pulls up.... I had to explain to each car of people that she was my daughter and that she must have slipped out to go to my parents house. ugggh the look I got from some of the people. The cop seemed the most understanding. But now half the town knows that my child was just walking around by herself.

The thing about a small town, everyone cares and wants to take care of the small child walking alone down the street. The bad thing is, they all feel they have a right to tell me how they feel about that.

I feel very blessed today that God kept her safe when she crossed the street. I am thankful that someone safe found her and brought her home. I am thankful that she didn't have a clue that she should have been scared, but that after we talked she could understand without being scared.