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”

clapping.

Colby pulled away from me, embarrassed.

“Mom, tell them to stop.”

“You wanted to be a firefighter. Learn to handle attention.”

That finally made him laugh.

The rest of the visit felt completely different.

I watched him try on a turnout coat that nearly reached his ankles. He sat in the driver’s seat of two engines, held a hose nozzle, toured the continue reading …