Today’s quote doesn’t need a long explanation.
It hits like a clean punchline right in the chest, you are the common denominator. Every win, every screw-up, every second chance...
...you are in the middle of it.
That isn't judgment, it is accountability. It is a reminder that we steer the ship, whether it’s calm water or a squall off Lake Michigan.
And fittingly, today is National First Responder Day. The heroes who show up when the rest of us are staring at disaster. Police, medics, firefighters, they are the ones running toward the trouble while we are backing away. You don’t think much about them until you need them, and when you do, you damn well remember their faces. It is easy to forget that they have families waiting at home, praying tonight is just another shift and not another headline.
Say a prayer for them. Buy them a coffee if you are standing in line behind a uniform. Give the sign of the cross when you see the lights flashing and pull to the side of the road. Because they have a job to do.
If the day ever comes when it is you calling for help, remember that these men and women show up not because they must, but because that is who they are.
Chicago has always had their kind...
...gritty, loyal, and brave enough to face chaos.
God bless our First Responders. May every one of them make it home after their shift.
