It¡¯s not easy when you¡¯re in your bubble but your mum has to go to work ¨C and it inspired one young Cantabrian to put pen to paper and write a heartfelt letter to the boss.
Eight-year-old Sophia, whose mother Emma Hodgson is a dispatcher at South Comms, took advantage of a home-school writing exercise to put her thoughts in a letter to centre manager Inspector Kieren Kortegast (KK), ¡®the Police boss¡¯.
To the Police boss, she wrote.
Thankyou for working in lockdown and all the other Police.
Your working makes me feel happy because then I know that everyone is safe.
I feel sad when mum has to work, but I know she has to work.
I also thank all the essential workers for working.
When I grow up I wanna be an essential worker to.
I wanna be a Police woman and ride a horse and chase bad guys.
I hope everyone behaves so they get time off work.
from Sophia.
Emma, who has worked at South Comms for 11 years, works part time but appreciates that her 5pm-1am shifts can be hard on family life.
¡°She gave the letter to me once she had done it and asked me to give it to my boss,¡± says Emma.
¡°I thought it was really cute. I took it to work and left it on the boss¡¯s desk.¡±
KK found the letter and at first did not realise that it was from a staff family member.
¡°I thought it was lovely,¡± he says. ¡°We get letters occasionally from members of the public saying ¡®thank you¡¯ but this means more than a letter from a random person.
¡°It shows that she thinks about the job her mum does - and I think the fact that she wants to join Police shows this organisation in a good light.
¡°These are quite scary times for a lot of people, especially for children who see their parents still having to go to work when other people don¡¯t.¡±
Emma is clearly setting a good example as her 15-year-old son Luca is also considering a Police career.
Sophia says she wants to join Police so she can catch bad guys. Meanwhile, she says, she¡¯s proud of her mum and the essential work she does.