a little picture of positivity - Jodi Kirkner

I feel like a lot of these picture posts are about tragic pictures, things that horrify and sadden us. I don't like that.

A few weeks ago, the child depicted, Gabriel, was left at the scene of a car accident while the rest of his family was rushed off to the hospital. He couldn't move from his stretcher. He kept asking police for hugs, and he was clearly upset and distressed, saying he "just wanted someone to be there for him."

This firefighter, Casey Lessard, took Gabriel's plea as a call to action. He laid down next to Gabriel and got to know him, asking about his favorite colors, favorite animals--anything to get his mind off the crash. After a while the child became upset again, so Lessard pulled out his cellphone, and started playing the first children's movie he could think of, Happy Feet.

This picture made it into a local newspaper and then local news, sending a heartwarming message to a community of Mississippians.

In the world we live in today, the news projects all sorts of negative images, because those are the things hoards of viewers want them to report. I think that every once in a while, at least, we need to be reminded of the beautiful things that happen around us.

Although this picture is a small event, and may not have affected many, it definitely warmed the hearts of all those on the scene and anyone who heard the news in Jackson, MS.