Last Friday, we attended an event hosted by Autism Speaks. We met a very sweet lady police officer, Melissa Weber. While we only got to spend a small amount of time with her, Christopher cannot stop talking about her.
The very next morning, Christopher woke at 7:00am and the first thing he said to me was, “Mommy, we need to call Miss Melissa so she can come over and help me ‘defense’ our house!” I said, “Buddy, it’s a bit early in the morning to be calling new friends. I am sure that if we ever need our defensed Miss Melissa and other officers would help in any way they can.” “But, can we call her?” he asked. I told him that we do have her phone number and we’ll call her one day, but not at 7:00am.
Two days later we were in the living room talking and he heard a siren up on Bel Pre Road. Christopher jumped up and said, “Mom! I bet that’s Miss Melissa going out looking for villains!” I told him, “You are probably right.”
Later that afternoon I was trolling around on Facebook and Christopher came walking over to see what I was doing. He said, “Do we still have that picture of me and Miss Melissa?” So, I pulled it up and showed it to him and he said, “Mom, I really like her. Can we see her again?”
Yesterday, we were driving on Gude Drive on our way to get the oil changed. Two police cars went speeding by with their sirens going. Christopher started yelling from the backseat, “Mom! There goes Miss Melissa!” I just laughed and said, “You’re probably right!”
I have never seen my Christopher so drawn to someone. He loves everyone and will freely admit that to me. He’s not shy about saying, “I love everyone and everyone loves me.” But Miss Melissa made quite an impression on my little guy. His new favorite toy is this plastic police and fire station that he’s had since Christmas but hasn’t played with much. Now he can’t get enough of it. Totally unprompted, he said to me this morning, “Mom, when I grow up, I want to be a police officer.” I asked him why and he said, “Because they do nice things for people. Miss Melissa was so nice to me when she didn’t even know me. That makes me want to be like her.”
You’ve got quite a fan, Melissa Weber! Thanks for showing my boys so much love that day! I think you have a fellow officer in the making!