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 husband Luke would be my hero even if he wasn’t such a wonderful person. His kindness and integrity make him really stand out in a crowd.
When we first met, I was a night desk clerk at a hotel, and Luke was a taxicab driver who dropped off and picked up guests who were staying [...]

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 [...]

My hero is my mom, Joan Comminski, who has taught me so much about how to deal with life and how to handle whatever happens.
Mom was only 17 when I was born, and I never met my father. As soon as he heard Mom was pregnant, he broke up with her and she never heard [...]

My sister Kaycee is always going to be my hero. Never have I known a woman who could accomplish so much with so little.
Kaycee is only eighteen months older than me, but she seems so much wiser and has so much more common sense that I sometimes forget the small age difference. How could one [...]

My buddy Mike Stoffer is everybody’s hero, because he always puts everybody else first. If you have a problem, Mike is there to help out. If you need help putting a new roof on your garage, or you need a ride to work, or just somebody to unload on when you’re having a bad day, [...]

My son Derek has always impressed me with his amazing ability to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds, even when he was very young. He has a natural curiosity about people and always wants to learn more about everyone he meets.
I remember that he used to sit and talk to his grandmother for [...]

I’d like my husband, Jerry Greenlow, to be one of the heroes in your great blog.
Jerry has shown so much patience and love to both me and my family that it is amazing. I always wonder what he gets out of it, because the tradeoff seems so very high.
We met in high school and dated [...]

My daughter Diane deserves the title of hero because she has endured a tremendous amount of grief and pain, yet never seems to have the time to focus on that. There are too many others in this world she is busy helping.
When Diane was fourteen she was a passenger in a car that was driven [...]

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 [...]