Sometimes it's the small things that have the biggest impact... and sometimes it's the smallest people.
At a time when paramedics are busier than ever and we've all been living and working through an unprecedented global pandemic, a recent gesture from some of our youngest community members has really struck a chord.
The kids from Camden Family Day Care, in Sydney's south west, have been learning about emergency services and especially the work paramedics have been doing during the pandemic.
In a touching sign of their appreciation, the young students drew pictures, coloured in pictures of ambulances and paramedics and wrote messages of thanks and support to those who are helping keep them and their families safe.
They did it under the banner of "not all heroes wear capes".
Goulburn Paramedic Ann Rowley, who until recently was stationed at Camden and had a close relationship with the daycare group and the kids, received a huge collection of "magnificent artworks" from the children and it blew her away.
"Camden Family Day Care know that all emergency services have worked incredibly hard over the last two years but paramedics are by far running the longest mile," Ann said.
"Going through these pictures and messages myself... it gave me goose bumps."
And there was one drawing in the pack that really stood out.
"I really made a connection with one of the kids as I had gone to him and his family when their car rolled," Ann said.
Ann said it is these kinds of messages, especially from the youngest members of our community, that really help lift a paramedic's spirits during these challenging times.
"Each educator had their kids draw, colour, and write messages of support to us ambos, to give us a much-needed morale boost," Ann said.
This is just one of the ways in which the community has rallied around first responders, especially NSW Ambulance staff, over the past few months.