Personal Heroes

Over thanksgiving i had an interesting conversation with my family. I started mentioning my list of personal heroes and they soon realized how extensive my list is... but you can never have too many heroes. one person in my family discovered she believed she had no heroes and decided she must find one for her own. I told her, "it's easy to have heroes if you listen to peoples' stories."

there are people out there who've had to be the first of their kind to pave the road for the rest of us. because of them, my life is easier and for that, i am grateful. so here's my short list of heroes in no particular order:

- Ted Kennedy
-Nelson Mandela
-Gandhi
-Dr. Joslin (inventor of insulin)
-Clara Barton
-Mother Theresa
-My Parents and Brother
-My godmother Tricia
-my family friend Jeanne
-my great aunt ruth
-Harriet Tubman
-FDR because he was in a wheelchair during his presidency
-JFK because he was president with Addison's disease
-Hillary Clinton
-Barack Obama
-Anne Frank
-Salvador Allende
-Frida Kahlo
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Bobby Kennedy
-My friend Katie L.
-my grandma Constance
-Lincoln
-my 4th grade teacher Miss Joslin
-etc.