Today's Hero Blog

My brother Mike has been my best friend and the rock that I lean on for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I think life is unfair that Mike has had to give so much to me while going without so much in his own life.
Growing up, I always looked up to my big [...]

My sister-in-law, Ramona Hall, is not only my best friend, and the sister I never had, she’s my hero too! Ramona has cheered me up when I was down, nursed me when I was sick, fed me when I was hungry, and loved me unconditionally for the last 23 years.
When my brother Jack knocked on [...]

Every mother who sends her son off to war dreads that knock on the door when men in uniform come to deliver the worst possible news. It was December 12, 1967 when that knock came, and my whole world turned upside down. My beautiful son Paul, only nineteen years old, was gone.
The next three weeks [...]

It was just a cat to anybody else, but to my elderly mother it was her best friend in the world and her constant companion. So when a worker from the utility company left the kitchen door open and Mom’s cat got out, she was frantic. The worker, who was there to check her gas [...]

I would like to nominate my mother-in-law, Sharla Byers, as one of your heroes, since you don’t grant sainthood.
When Ricky took me home to meet his family, he told me to be prepared, because his mother had never liked any of his girlfriends before, and made no secret about it. So I was prepared for a regular [...]

My father, Charles Monelle, is my hero. Dad has always stood by me and accepted me for what I am, even though we are worlds apart.
My Dad was an All State football star in high school, he served in the Marines and was decorated for bravery, and then he became a State Trooper. He loves [...]

My husband’s best friend since childhood has been such a help to so many people that I hope you will agree that he deserves to be honored as one of your heroes.
Frank Clayton has loved to tinker with machinery since he was a little boy. He was always tearing something apart to see how it [...]

Rachel Isely has been my best friend since we were five years old, and every day she amazes me with her many acts of kindness.
Rachel lived just three doors down the street from the house we moved into the year I started kindergarten. My mother walked me to school the first day of school, and [...]