The Road to Heroine

Oh get your mind out of the gutter!  Not THAT kind of heroine...the female hero kind of heroine!  My first semester of college English, we had to write a paper about the meaning of a hero.   I was 17 then and wrote that to me a hero is an ordinary person who does extraordinary things.  Heros aren't the people who do something huge, but someone who chooses to do small, good things every day.  They are the people who show up in your time of need.  They are the people who can keep a secret.  They are the people who always have open arms no matter what has happened.

Have you ever met my mom?  If so, you know she is not the average person.  She is one of the kindest people around.  My mom is one of those amazing people who is always there.  She has coached and taught countless children and influenced their lives.  She has dealt with parents who were involved and absent.  Those that baby their children and those that don't know their children at all.  She has loved the unloveable and taken the unathletic and made them a team.  Randomly people will say "I just loved the cards your mom sent to me during (insert drama here)."  She is the person who is there for the initial crisis and still there 2 weeks later when most people have moved on.  My mom never forgets a birthday, even if her card is a few days (or weeks) late.  My mom loves her family and no matter what stands by them.  She is a wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother and she is the greatest at all of them.
Tomorrow is her birthday and it is a great day to celebrate a woman who has done so many great things with very little acclaim.  I love my mommy and you should too!  :)  Happy Birthday, Mom!!