Back Where It Began

3/11/2011

Back Where It Began

I must have spent thousands of hours on these streets as a paramedic student. I showered in back garage shower, slept on the floor in stations only built for one.  Saw a flock new hires for a new truck. All for the glory of learning this job, and earning my patch. Then after being released to take my tests never returned. Then several weeks ago I got offered the chance to return to this little city in a PRN position. I still love my full time job, my partner and my local beneath the skyline. But there is a great deal of nostalgia riding these streets again. Because this is the department where I earned my nickname, and where I learned to be a paramedic.

Sitting in the station on my second orientation shift I crossed paths with one of my preceptors who's now a local cop. He's is the reason I always have a radio with me, and wear it the way he did. I don't always find this job easy but owe it to people like him who dedicated so much time to me to continue to do this job and do it well. Seeing that he admires the fact that I'm doing it where I am to makes it count even more.

So I'm back at least a few times a month where it all began and looking forward to see what's to come down here.