Do you have a personal hero?

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I am not referring to a famous person, leader or performer, but just someone in your life who seems like a hero? My friend that I picked up at the airport yesterday is a hero for me. When I met her, she had begun a second marriage, with a great guy. I guess her first husband was a little strange, and possibly unfaithful but this is not about him. My friend raised four kids of her own. In both her first marriage and the second one she took in foster children. Sometimes she did respite foster care for high intensity foster kids with challenging behaviors and special needs. My friend had a teaching certificate, then also had a Library Science Masters degree that she obtained to take a job here, where I met her. Later she got a CNA, CMA and LPN. She works as a nurse. She adopted one of her troubled foster kids.At one point she worked three jobs during a time when she was not married. My friend is bi polar disorded, but was not diagnosed until she moved here. Her kids are exceptionally intelligent and talented. One of them has a mental health disability, as does the one foster child she adopted. She is a board member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and has done workshops for others. She often makes individual personalized gifts for birthday and Christmas for all the kids, grand kids, in laws, you name it. At 67 years old she still works full time. I am in awe of her teaching nature, her creative ability and her patience. She is my hero.