My Son’s Final Wish Was to Meet the Firefighters He Adored — When We Arrived, the Captain Pulled Me Aside and Said, “Ma’am, There’s Something I Have to Tell You”

he still found enough energy to talk about firefighters. He watched videos about rescue crews, collected pictures of old fire engines, and slept in a faded red pajama shirt with a little ladder truck across the front.

“When I’m better, I’m going to be one of them,” he told me more than once.

I always smiled.

“And what if you change your mind?”

“I won’t.continue reading …