Metro Detroit officer creates dolls to comfort children of first responders, military members
Read full article: Metro Detroit officer creates dolls to comfort children of first responders, military membersDETROIT – Metro Detroit police officer Samantha Vargas lost her partner in the line of duty. Vargas knows her children know what a police officer looks like but she’s afraid other children are getting the wrong picture. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about his daughter.”Now, Vargas is reaching out to families who have sadly experienced that same pain. They’re police officers, members of the military, nurses and doctors, inspired by a tragedy, but Vargas hopeful they’ll bring comfort to any child who holds one. “I don’t think any of us can imagine being a young child and your parent never walking back through that door.