Police Officer in the Family

Last night I had my brother’s graduation from the police academy. It started at seven and it was downtown at the city hall. So we had to leave my house by like five thirty to make sure we got down there on time with all the traffic there may have been and we also had to wait on my brother’s fiancé and her parents to come to my house. Well we didn’t up leaving the house until six…bad mistake! My mom decided to take poplar instead of park which was another bad mistake because there was wreck and the traffic was backed up. The next option we had was to get on the interstate and take river drive…well there was another wreck! My mom was freaking out thinking that we would not make it there in time and I kept on telling my mom its okay we have 45 minutes! But she still kept freaking out and started crying. Anyways, we finally made it there with twenty minutes until it started. It was weird to see my brother in a Police uniform. They gave out awards for physical fitness, academics, and gun range, leadership and then an overall excellence award. My brother received the physical fitness and overall excellence. That was really honoring. He was also second in his class with academics. Then came the pinning of the badges. My sister got to pin my brother because she is a police for Memphis to and if you have a relative in the police department or who has retired they can pin you. Afterwards we took a bunch of pictures and of course we had to take one with me, my brother and my sister. So I stood in the middle, because they both had their uniforms on. We took a regular one and then I put my brothers police hat on and said “THIS IS AS FAR AS I’m GOING TO BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER!!” because everyone always ask them so is your little sister the next leatherwood to become a police..haha yeaaa right! Overall, it was a good night and I’m so happy and proud for my brother.