Today's Hero Blog

The first person who ever showed any real interest in me and who took the time to get involved in my life was my homeroom teacher in my first year of high school, Mrs. Samantha Royce. She changed my life.
I grew up in a rundown fifth floor apartment in Philadelphia, the daughter of Polish immigrants [...]

My first boss, Stacey Duncan, helped shape my life when I was just a teenager, and he will always be a hero to me.
I came from a very dysfunctional family; growing up we lived on food stamps and whatever my parents didn’t drink up from our welfare checks. Both of my sisters got pregnant by [...]

My childhood was a terrible time. I can’t ever remember smiling or laughing, or playing with other kids. The only memories I have of growing up were of my father screaming at me during his alcoholic rages, of moving from some run down apartment to yet another shabby house trailer in the middle of the [...]

I want to see my mother, Susan Holloway, honored as one of your heroes. I don’t know anyone more deserving of the recognition.
My mother raised six children while trying to deal with a husband who was mostly absent, or who was intoxicated when he was home. She was the family breadwinner, because my father was [...]

I have known Cathy Bock since we were kids playing in the sandbox, and I think I’ve been a little bit in love with her forever. Cathy was the pretty girl who seemed to have it all. She was smart and popular and everybody liked her. But there was a hidden side to her life [...]

My grandfather, Jack Anderson, is my hero. He has been the one stable influence in my life, and whatever success I have as a person I owe to him.
My parents were both totally unsuited for the job of raising a kid, and from the time I was born they were both in and out of [...]

In high school I was a total jerk. I had made some very bad choices in my life at an early age, and by my sophomore year I was abusing alcohol and drugs. The only reason I went to school at all was because it was better than sitting at home listening to my parents [...]

My friend Terry Stromblitz is a hero if there ever was one. Ever since we met in grade school, the guy has always impressed me with his outlook on life and his willingness to step up to the plate whenever someone needed him.
Terry’s dad was a rowdy good old boy who never grew up, and [...]