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 big brother Rich DiJeron is a hero, no matter how you define the word.
Rich is two years older than me, and he has always looked out for me from the time we were little kids. No playground bully had better mess with me, or they would answer to Rich. In high school, he always [...]

I can’t recall a time when my brother Danny Copefield was not my hero. From the time I could toddle outside to play in the yard, my big brother looked over me and protected me. In fact, our mother said that one day when I was crying while she was changing my diaper when I [...]

My son, Tommy Carpenter, is a hero in my eyes. He dedicated his life to helping others in every way he could, and though he was taken from us much too soon, even in his final act in this world, he was giving to others.
Tommy was the oldest of my four children, and he loved [...]