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 [...]

Growing up in the poverty stricken Robert Taylor housing projects on Chicago’s south side, I was exposed to everything from alcoholism to drug abuse to violence from a very early age. But thanks to my mother, I grew up without falling victim to the problems that so many of my peers did.
My mother was widowed [...]

I met Terry my first day at high school and he became my best friend instantly.
I was the new kid at school, having moved into the neighborhood only a week before school started. I was also much smaller than most boys my age. That made me an instant target for the bullies, who welcomed me [...]