On Tuesday night at church, we decorated Valentine's Day cookies to give away. To whom, you ask? We gave them to the police, firefighters, and gate guards. Well, technically, I gave them to those people, but everyone else decorated them.
Vivian accompanied me on Wednesday morning on this goodwill mission to fatten up the public safety professionals of Ft. Meade. As you might expect, she had a hard time with the concept that we weren't going to eat any of the cookies. She didn't mind the fact that we were sharing them with everyone, she just couldn't wrap her head around the fact that we weren't eating them while sharing them.
We delivered to the Police station and the Fire station first, then hit the gate guards. Hit? That sounds sinister, doesn't it? Ok, we didn't hit them, we drove in and out of post sharing our cookies with them. The coolest thing was the way their faces lit up as I handed them the box of beautifully decorated cookies as they handed me my ID card back. I could tell they were genuinely appreciative of the thoughtfulness and love that went into making all those cookies. I think I might make a habit of this. They deserve it. They stand out there freezing their cookies off all winter checking ID cards, and all summer they fry outside in the sun just to keep us safe on post.
So, here's my shout out to all the gate guards of Ft. Meade. You guys are great! We appreciate you. And next time I pass out cookies, I'll do it in the afternoon so you afternoon guys don't feel left out.
3 comments:
I hope you share with everyone on sunday how well this went. I saw the title and was excited to read about it.
I will share. Each time I go through the gate, I still get a thank you from one of them. I am glad that we've been able to do this for them.
Nice! Can you believe I've never thought of doing that for the gate guards. You rule.
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