5-year-old Easton Blocker is a Kindergartener in Arkansas and his school recently had a “Dress As Your Favorite Person Day.”
Blocker’s favorite person is the school Security Officer Jeffery Cross. Blocker sees him as a hero and a best friend, so when he got the choice to dress up as someone, he already knew who he would choose. Blocker’s mother Lauryn made him his own shirt that read “Junior Security” so he could dress like his hero.
When Officer Cross saw Easton all dressed up like him, it meant so much. Officer Cross told WXIA,
“It makes me appreciate my job more. They had questions about why I was armed and I was just telling them ‘I’m armed to protect them from someone bad who would come and hurt them.”
Those words stuck with Blocker. Lauryn shared,
“He tells me every day; Officer Cross keeps us safe from the bad guys, mommy. It’s reassuring.”
