Everyday Hero Stories

Where did your values come from?

We've all had people in our lives who have made a positive impact on us. A parent or grandparent, a sibling who was there for us, or maybe even just a guy who shines shoes for a living? Whoever they are, tell us their story so they can inspire us even more.

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HARD WORK
WAFA A Wafa, is my mother, not only my mother but also my best friend. I have done things in life, that may not have been the best decisions ever made but she has always been my shadow and never turned her back on me. Not only that, but she's a single mother who worked two jobs everyday so my younger brother and I could...
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COURAGE
JO R J.K.Rowling is my hero. Look at what she has accomplished. She is a world famous author, she has a wonderful daughter and no longer has to wonder where she is going to drum up her next meal. She is not my hero because she has more money than the Queen of England, is treated like a movie star and is well liked by...
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HELPING OTHERS
DIANA H She is always doing kind things for others, whether it be at home for her parents or her job. She is kind, generous and full of compassion for her clients. She takes care of special needs children and she is an awesome human being.
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STRENGTH
NOAH L My hero is currently about 13lbs pounds and wearing a diaper. You might wonder what makes such a tiny human a hero. It doesn’t take moving legs, education, or words to be one. You see, on Christmas Eve 2009, when many people were with their families preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus, I was with a...
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STRENGTH
BEVERLY C My mother is an incredible individual. She has always been there for me, even after she divorced my father. She is so strong, dealing with my mentally ill sister and being a single mother. When I think about it, she takes on so many responsibilities and it just brings me to tears when I think about how hard she...
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PEACE
VARDIE H Vardie was in WWII. He was not an Aldey Murrey type. His job had no fanfare, he worked in supply. His story starts at the end of his career in the army when dive bombers hit his group in north Africa. Six weeks later he woke up on a red cross ship and they told him he was the only survivor. It was a tremendously...
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INSPIRATION
MARIA BELEN V She is my wife and business partner. She co-founded with me INSPIRADORES as a way to promote giving and receiving positive inspirations using an internet social community. She has been the driving factor behind this inspired project to promote persons who would like to inspire others. Everybody looks for...
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HUMILITY
KRISTEN JOHNSON - FOSTER- BROOKS J My biological father died the day after my 3rd birthday 11-15-1984. Since then my mother, my hero, has had countless struggles. On top of relentless, overbearing and judging in-laws, she continued to hold a full time job and take care of a family of 8. Her first re-marriage in about 1987 was to a manipulative...
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INTEGRITY
SUSAN K Many years ago I decided to run for a local School Board position but had no experience in politics. I was introduced to a local city commissioner who took me under her wing and gave me 4 months of her life to provide me with her insight and time to connect with the constituents in the district. She stressed the...
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HONOR
MY SON'S SPIRIT We often do not realize how monumental the briefest moments in our children's lives truly are and how much they reveal about their true character. I am sharing this story in honor of my 7 year old son who is so often my guiding light. I received the following email message from the mother of a child at my son's...
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OVERCOMING
IT CAME THROUGH HIS THROAT I know the 4th of July is well past. Over. Caput, as they say. Early on I'd wanted to write about maybe the parade, a barbecue, fireworks, face-painting possibly. While those are all fun topics, they left me wanting. Maybe it's my age. Or the era. Or, or, or. Something else kept coming up. Yes, the idea of...
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DO YOUR PART
SHARING EPIPHANY We were traveling in a taxi in Bombay... the traffic light was taking long and the heat was getting to us all. The windows were rolled down and sweat was being mopped from foreheads. My daughter sat on my lap patiently. A man selling oranges appeared on the left side of us. He begged that we purchase something...
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CARING
MOTHER'S WARMTH As I grew up, I always had my mom by my side. It was her and I set off for any adventure. We had a lust for life, and we were constantly laughing. I never really second guessed my life. I never looked at the other kids and wondered why I didn't have a dad, or why I lived in an apartment. Most of what I remember...
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HELPING OTHERS
MARY RUTH B My mom has always been my best friend and the most loving mother and grandmother to my children. She is now caring full-time for my daddy who has lost his mind to Alzheimers. She is not even recognized by him and still performs loving service to care for him daily. I don't think I even know how difficult it is,...
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GENEROSITY
AVERAGE GUY My daughter and I often take in cans/bottles from our own collection or from friends and family for gas money to get to work. While at the bottle return site one day, a small truck pulled up. The bed of the truck was full of at least 10 bags of cans/bottles. It had the name of a door repair company on the truck....
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GENEROSITY
AARON'S SACRIFICE I work for a company in the hospitality industry that has suffered heavy layoffs and pay freezes in the past year. I was hired as the Director of New Business Development, and in that capacity, as business grew, I hired a young man with whom I'd worked for several years at my previous company to be my crew...
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DO YOUR PART
STUDENTS RAISING $30,000 TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY Students at Campus Middle School and Belleview Elementary in Greenwood Village, CO are organizing the second annual Derek’s Dash, a 5k walk/run to raise money to fight childhood epilepsy one step and one syndrome at a time. The event will be held on August 29, 2010 at Village Greens Park in Greenwood Village. The...
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FRIENDSHIP
ANDY V My hero is SPC. Vanderhaeghen of the U.S. Army. No matter the problems going on in his own life, be it training, family problems, or even deployment, he has always been there for me. He was the only person able to help me through countless difficult times. He is in Afghanistan now, and even from across the world,...
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ENCOURAGEMENT
TIM V Tim V. is a terminally-ill individual who has been battling cancer for over three years. He is 47. Doctors gave him six weeks to live the first of February, 2010, but he is still going strong as of July. Tim is not an ordinary kind of survivor; he is a joyous encourager of others who are also cancer victims. He...
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FRIENDSHIP
OLIVIA T Olivia is my cousin. She's gone through a lot this past year and a half. However, she still continues to be there for me when I need her most. Even though often times she wishes she could have my problems instead of hers, she still listens to me, gives me advice, and puts up with me. I don't know a lot of other...
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LAUGHTER
LIZZIE D Many people might think a hero is someone that they look up to in admiration, but I actually look down on my hero, literally of course. Her name is Lizzie, and she is my little sister. Our family has been through a lot, from deployments, to parental struggles, but somehow, my little sister finds a way to cheer us...
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SPREAD YOUR WINGS
SPYDER My hero, Lt.Colonel Brian "Spyder" Webster, not only served his country, but all of those he knew. He taught me to be strong, to be a good friend, to fight for justice and to always smile on a sunny day. It is thanks to my hero's courage and noble qualities that I am who I am today, I will keep his memory alive...
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HELPING OTHERS
BECCA C She feeds the poor in our area once per month by buying food from the Montgomery County Food Bank with her own family funds; she has a heart to serve others.
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TRUE BEAUTY
SISTERS WANT STUDENTS TO THINK 'OUTSIDE THE BOX' Inspired by a commercial, two Green River High School students decided to show this community what true beauty is. The Foundation for a Better Life's television commercial shows a high school girl announcing the prom queen. Commercial viewers expect to see the stereotypical high school girl being crowned,...
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STRENGTH
AVERY G It's not often your hero is younger then you but there are rare circumstances. On April 26th, 2010 at just five years old Avery was diagnosed with leukemia at Blank Children's Hospital. Avery is the youngest of four siblings. April 26th would change the life of her tight knit family. Hospitalized for a week...
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LOVE
HEATHER H I have suffered from Depression for years. I never had anyone to talk to. Did I mention I'm not even 15? This year, I met this teacher. She spoke often to other teachers of how great my writings were. She allowed me to spend lunch with her, and I found a connection. She drew me closer to God. She gave me hope....
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INTEGRITY
GANGTER AID When I was about nineteen I took my first road trip alone. On my return I took a wrong turn and wound up lost at about three in the morning in East St. Louis, a place I had heard horror stories about for as long as I can remember. I drove around until my tank was nearly dry, expecting to get carjacked at every...
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LOVE
FAMILY MEMBERS GROW OLD My brother-in-law, Lou, had an uncle who came to the age when he needed to sell his home and be closer to family or move into an assisted living facility. Lou took charge and handled the sale of his uncle's home and found him an apartment rather than the assisted living. Lou & his wife made it happen when all of...
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TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
BEN Z At a crucial time in my life, I felt compelled to make changes. The empathy in me was sickened by the pettiness of my casual day to day customers, complaining incessantly about color schemes. I decided that there are bigger things in the world that I could be expending my time on. I applied at a homeless...
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HELPING OTHERS
DON F Don Ferrarese, a 15 year veteran of professional baseball, has dedicated himself to community and charitable service since retiring in 1962, most notably starting the Don Ferrarese Charitable Foundation. Since starting the foundation in 2005, the organization has empowered our local youth by awarding forty-six...
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PURPOSE
NICO R Nico is only 14, but he is already working at the local food bank and I've seen him helping strangers doing random things, crossing streets, carrying groceries, pushing wheelchairs. He does this all without expecting anything in return, and the most notable thing he ever told me is, "The thing I get from doing...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
DREAM BIG Abusive childhoods are known to send messages to kids. Entering my 1974 high school graduation year, my father’s messages convinced me that I was not smart enough for college. My only goal was to marry a man who would love me as much as I loved him. When that goal failed, my focus turned to being the best mom I...
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LOVE
EMILY ROSE S My hero is a little girl named Emily who was tragically killed on PCH in Malibu by a driver trying to take his own life. Emily was 13 years old and her actions and attitude have changed a community. Emily was all about love, all about being who you were and not hiding it. She had friends of all ages and she was...
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