Rest in Peace San Bernadino Deputy

Tonight's blog entry will be different from all the others.  This photograph was taken in The Sanctuary, in Steamboat Springs.  However, tonight, after the horrific events of today, with yet another police officer being killed, this time from San Bernadino County, California, I look at this picture and offer it as a homage of sorts.  There is a gap between the solemn, steel statues.  To me, this depicts a loss or a mourning of the law enforcement family.  Whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty, that death leaves a hole in the department.  These men and women, these brave deputies and officers leave their homes, their families, their loved ones at the start of each shift.  They do a job never knowing whether or not that kiss on the cheek for their wife, husband or child might possibly be the last.  They ask nothing from us; the people they protect and serve.  The VERY LEAST we can do for them is to honor their sacrifices with a simple and heartfelt "Thank You".  

Ann C. G. McArthur