Heroes

Since we are on the theme of heroes, I thought that it would be appropriate talk about what a hero to me is.

A hero to me is not someone with superhuman powers or someone who can fly or jump over 20 story-high buildings. A hero is someone who goes out of their way to do something in consideration of another. The biggest hero in my life is my mom because she has saved me from what could have been several problems in my life. My mom is by no means perfect and she's no nun, but that is what I love about her. She takes the mistakes that she has made in her life and has learned from them. When my mom got a divorce, I saw all the pain and drama she went through and it made me realize that when I get married I want to be absolutely positive about it because I would never want to go through what my mother did and I wouldn't want my children to go through the things I did. I feel as if the mistakes my mother made has made not only her stronger, but has made me stronger as well.

I also feel that every mistake I have made in my life so far and every unfortunate thing that has happened to me has made me into a better person. I was brought up in a strict home and I learned the hard way that money does not grow on trees. Everything that I have recieved I have worked for in some way and I am glad for that. I know that if everything was handed to me, I would honestly not be the same person I am today. I think the mistakes we make in our lives makes us into the heroes of the future.

"My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them." -Bono