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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Let me show you something



A New Adventure
There have been rumors that Engineer Kepler no longer drives E73 in the Kent RFA. Captain Bolender and Engineer Moffatt have said Keith has been a “no show “for the past number of weeks. When Firefighter Gegan was asked what he knows about Engineers Keplers disappearance he replied, “I can neither confirm nor deny his whereabouts.”
  Yes It is true that after almost 31 years on B shift and nine years at 73’s I have cleaned out my B shift lockers, pulled my food from the shelf in the “B” shift fridge, removed my bunkers off the “B” shift rack, boxed my books and papers from my corner B-shift office and relocated.  Some may be thinking -RETIREMENT and I say are you crazy? Retire from the best job in the world, I don’t think so.
  It was nine years ago I left Station 71 and when I did the boy’s blossomed. Engineers Galassi and Woelber became Captains, Engineer Lyons now packs heat and Captain T is now Division Chief Tomlinson.
   Again feeling I was holding back 73”s crew I decided after 31 years to stretch my wings, do something new, take on a new challenge, and leave the nest and take the accumulation of my vast years of experience and knowledge and apply them to a much larger palette of Fire and Life Safety.

  It all started a few months ago when I heard there would be a vacancy in the Kent Regional Fire Authorities vaunted, second to none, Fire Prevention Bureau (FPB).  Wanting this as bad as Ralphy wanted his Red Ryder BB gun I waited till MarLa was batting those big beautiful eyes at me and popped the question, “can I go to the FPB? Being a veteran Firefighter wife she said, “What’s the FPB?”
  I told her about Fire Marshall Bill and how I’ve always wanted to follow in his footsteps. See I said I have the burns! I told her that the vetting process would be stiff but there were a potential for four openings and my chances were good. She asked how many would be applying and I said there was at least three that I knew of.  Hesitantly she gave me the green light and so I tossed my name in the ring and waited like a child waits for Christmas morning.
  Now you may be asking yourself why MarLa harbored some hesitation. Well I’ll tell you why. Years ago in church a wonderful lady got up and with tears in her eyes and a quivering voice stated that her husband of nine years got a new assignment at Boeing and every three months or so he would have to travel for five days back east and leave her alone at home. She went on further to say in their nine years of marriage he had been there every night and she didn’t know if she could survive without him. Soon members in the congregation began to feel empathy and tears started to roll out of their eyes and one even started sobbing. Realizing the sobbing was coming from my right shoulder and MarLa was on my right shoulder I quickly turned and I whispered, “hey… we’ve been married 15 years and I’ve been gone about 1,500 days so why all the noise?” She replied,” I know, I know, I was just thinking that someday you’ll be home every night and there would be no more just me and the pets in a King size bed, no more staying up till 2 AM, no more pajama and popcorn days and the thought of having you home every night telling me what to do was just too much!”  Not sure how to respond I do what I always do in these situations of emotional confusion and agreed with her and gave her a hug.
 
Well back to the important stuff.

  As some of you may know Sargent O’Rourke had his Corporal Agorn, Sheriff Andy Taylor had his Officer Barney Fife, and Marshall Matt Dillion had Festus Haggen. Well Division Chief Napier, Chief Bentenson, and Captain Nee will have Assistant Fire Marshal Keith D. Kepler.  Yep with clip board and code book in hand I’ll be traveling the streets of the Kent RFA making sure businesses are fire and life safety compliant. I’ll be walking miles a day keeping a keen eye open making sure extension cords are not being used as permanent wiring,  hood and duct systems are clean and the other 1000’s of codes that will become my new close friends. Also I’ll get my own pickup, orange vest and office with a view.
  Now some of you are saying, “But Keith you’ll never be on an engine again how sad.” Not to worry, I’ll be keeping my skills finely honed and occasionally I’ll be called back to fill a seat and impart my Fire and EMS skills to some new rookie or rub shoulders with the RFA’s finest.

   Meanwhile back at 73’s I occasionally pull into the parking lot and peer through the windows only to find that Walt Henry from 71’s has quicker than you can say “CrossFit” moved into my bedroom and B shift locker, Engineer Paul has jumped into the B shift Driver’s seat and now controls the helm not to mention he also moved into and took over my B shift corner office. I’ve observed Carlo who seems to be smiling more readily and I hear kissing more babies. Meanwhile Greg seems more laid back and relaxed and cooking more dinners for the boys!
 
  Ah…but that is the circle of life in the firefighter world as we try to make the best out of a sad situation. Sometimes though it’s too hard on a few and there are those like John Robbins who took my leaving B-shirt so hard he turned in his retirement papers. I’m going to miss you #124.

So wish me well on my new adventure and know that I now play a larger role in protecting the citizens of the Kent RFA.
Smiles
Assistant Fire Marshall Keith D. Kepler #125

5 comments:

John said...

Keith..... is this you???????????????

I am you brother, John. What are the odds that in the same article you mention "Keith David Kepler" and also "Marla"?

John... from Thailand, mate!
inboxkepler@gmail.com

John said...

I am here for you. ANy Day... ANy Time... You are flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone! Let me know if you need! I'll qualify!

John said...

Hey Keith... It's John.
At this point, you are exercising your will at me, but think about the lives that you save... who are they?
At this point, you are no longer my hero. You exercise your will to save the lives of those who are not your kindred flesh, and summarily go "face/hand" at me.
Would you save me, Keith, if I were in need of my life being saved?
Think about all those illegals and criminals you have saved. Think about me.
I am your flesh and blood.
I am not doing this to shame you or even seem to plea to you. I am doing this to invoke my faith in Yahweh/Yahshua Christ that the same Spirit that is in me (birthed down through the ages by our father Adam) is also in you.
Your Mormon faith is based on a Jew lie... the offspring of Esau.
Keith... at the expense of Nancy and Chris, you have done exactly what I have done in this life... COMPROMISE!
I am learning the meaning of repentance.
Are you?... or is life simply too tempting and delicious for you to give/lend an dear to your kindred flesh and blood.
I love you, brother... but I have watched, on the Internet, your life build up over the years until you have reached the position you are in now.
VANITY!
"Ecclesiastes, Part 8: Even Vanity is Vanity"
https://christogenea.org/podcasts/ecclesiastes-part-8-even-vanity-vanity
I love you, my brother... and I understand the past... but just as much as you can say that I do not know you... I can also say that you do not know me... quid-pro-quo...

Keith... we're not getting any younger!

You can pick your friends, but you cannot pick your family...

At the same time... your can choose or be subverted into thinking life is OK, but you cannot choose which of your family you can ignore!

Yahweh/Yahshua... our creator... will indict you at the end and you will have no defense attorney to stand in your stead.

I really give a shit what you think about this.

As it stands, I am more successful and have more toys and beauty in my life right now than you ever would. What I have now is a post card on your "post-it" board. You dream about getting away, but I live it every day...... but without you and Karen and Lyle and Mark and Cheryl and Janet.

My three sisters and three brothers are utter fools!

Just sayin'............. FIRE DAWG!!!!! and which
FIRE" would that be?

Grow some balls, Keith, and respond....
inboxkepler@gmail.com
Keith... as Al Divina said... you really are a pussy!

John said...

.................... Still waiting, Keith...............

Are you going to fire back at me because you truly love your kindred flesh.... or are you simply going to duck and run like the coward that your behavior has shown?

No..... do not turn to Marla and ask her... turn to me and get angry and have it out with me.

I have a stake in this Keith... just like when I was hanging from the shed with my pants down ( BIG BROTHER) and you had the camera.

And the time when you staked and tied me down and tickled me until I cried my eyes out.

Keith!

All is vanity.

We are living in a time when Yahweh/Yahshua Christ is assembling his troops.

I love you brother.

I truly do.

What I just said is simply a means to bitch slap you into remembering that what you had done does not excuse you from your past.... Nancy... Chris...

Don't worry, Bro'...... I am not a saint, but at least I do not embrace a pagan religion like Mormonism that allows me to "BUY" my way into acceptance and forgiveness.

Only Yahweh/Yahshua can forgive.

Trust your gut, Keith... trust your gut.

Ask yourself... I am either doing this because I am an absolute over the top loon, or else there is something there worth investigating.

Otherwise... as Al Divina said, "Kepler... you are a pussy"!

Your younger and much better kindred flesh brother, John.

Fuck you, Keith, LoL.... I absolutely love you beyond belief, but the past shackles are off and it is man to man, and you are not a man.

John said...

incidentally... in case you want to hide behind your skirt and call out the dawgs... I am at inboxkepler@gmail.com

Any of Y'all who wish to "White Knight" this Keith Kepler should be advised that I am his true kindred flesh and you are welcome.

Keith... I wish for nothing from you other than for you to listen and trust your gut.

I cannot promise that over the months and years that I will cease and desist from endeavoring to reach out in my own profane way... but it should not take a rocket scientist to understand that my dysfunctional way of reaching our is my dysfunctional way of reaching out and NO ONE has that right to disallow me to do that.

After all, BRO'......... you do not know my life, AND...... I am the one reaching out. YOU? You seem to simply want me to go away.

Not probable!

TO anyone who knows my kindred flesh... inboxkepler@gmail.com

Praise Yahweh/Yahsua!