This is my nephew.
He loves super heroes. All of them.
Iron Man.
Spider Man.
Buzz Lightyear.
His daddy.
He totally thinks he's a super hero too. He believes he can fly ... and "don't touch my wasers - they're dangewous"!
I believe in super heroes too. Except they don't wear capes and stretchy pants ... or maybe they do, I don't know! Hopefully only to the gym! Anyway, you know what I mean!
The thing about heroes is that most of them don't know they are. You know how on the news when somebody has rescued a drowning child or helped someone out of a burning building? When told they are a hero they often say, I just did what anyone would have done.
I know a lot of people like that. They don't feel like heroes. They are just doing what has to be done. Every day.
I think of the friend who cared for her mom with Alzheimer's for five years. And the one who is a full time caregiver to a husband who is disabled from military service and is struggling with PTSD. Heroes.
There is the single mom who moved heaven and earth to remove herself and her children from an abusive relationship. She works hard to provide for them and to keep them healthy and safe.
I have many friends who hold down the home front while their husbands are serving our country in the military or doing contract work around the world. I have no words for how much I respect them.
I have a nurse friend who helped me make a good decision about my daughters health. And the youth leaders who have loved and mentored and prayed alongside with me for my children. Heroes.
And if you are a mother, YOU are my hero. You home school ... or work outside of the home ... or go to school yourself. ALL while you take your children to their activities, go to parent/teacher conferences, doctors appointments, band concerts. You break up fights, clean throw up, rub tummies, pray, cry, discipline, love and raise little people to become big people who are kind and responsible.
You are doing what has to be done. And it is important work. It is significant.
So in case you have forgotten that you are super, this is me reminding you that you are a hero and I believe in you. Keep hero-ing on!
-Liv
Good words of encouragement. Thank you for the tribute to mom. Caregivers. Wives keeping a home with a husband away. Many kind words from a gracious writer. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThose heroes are the best ones because they don't know how great they are. It's great that you honor them, because so rarely are they honored.
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