Today's Hero Blog

My father, George Weylund. is a hero for his gentleness as well as his strength, his wisdom as well as his ability to see the humor in everything, and most of all for the deep love and commitment he has for his family.
Daddy was a mailman during his first career, and he really did live [...]

My friend Rick Carpenter has shown his goodness to other people so many times and in so many ways that you would never have room to list them all in your blog.
Rick is a minister and totally devoted to his congregation, his family, and the community at large. Whether he is visiting the sick, counseling [...]

I want to see my husband Fred featured as one of your heroes, so all the world knows what I and the rest of our family already know. Of course, Fred would be the first to tell you he’s just an everyday guy, but he’d be the only one to say that!
From the day we [...]

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 [...]

My grandpa, Paco Giansanti, was an old school gentleman who gave his all to help his family escape poverty and realize the American Dream.
Grandpa Paco became disenchanted with the struggle to survive in his home country and said he could see the handwriting on the wall as the Fascists came to power in the early [...]

My sister Andrea is my hero, and I want the world to know it.
Andrea is the kind of woman who everybody notices because she has never met a stranger, and she has never had a bad word to say about anybody. Her family and friends know that if they have a problem, if they need [...]

Patrick Whittaker, my son-in-law of fifteen years, has proven himself to be a hero in ways I could never imagine.
When my daughter started dating Patrick, I was not at all impressed. The young man had long hair, he rode a motorcycle, and he was the last person I wanted my daughter to be involved with. [...]