Thanks for your service! Always glad to see other EMS related folks in the wild. I’m a WFR and thankfully haven’t needed to use it a ton, but I’ve been around enough rock climbing accidents to know that doing what you did for 40 years warrants some serious respect and appreciation.

Out of curiosity are you at all involved in street medic work for protests or even just care for unhoused/homeless folk?

Edit: also not sure the exact significance the Celtic cross holds to you, but on the off chance you’re Irish or of Irish descent I find this Gaelic saying very beautiful and relevant to working in medicine or community of any kind really.

“Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.”

Phonetic spelling: Err scawh a ch(k)ale-ah a wir-enn na dee-neh.

Translation: Under the shelter of each other, people survive.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do not work during protest. I hold my own sign.

Protest

I am of Irish heritage. I've visited Ireland 3X... Last visit was St.Patrick's week of '25. We did the big parade in Dublin on the 17th. Then we drove many places, including Belfast, Donegal, Dingle and the tiny villages of Boston & Foxborough. I grew up in Foxborough, MA and have worked in/around Boston forever.

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Amazing! Love the sign!

My grandmother took my siblings and I to Ireland as teens to see all the old family graves and homestead. I’ve been wanting so badly to go back and I’ve been reconnecting more with that ever since, recently starting to pick up whatever Gaelic I can!

Stay safe out there!

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ty. Hope your travel plans come to fruition soon. Sláinte.