My Hero...

We all have heros. I have one, two, many actually...

I'm not talking Superman, Spiderman etc. I mean a real hero... somebody real...

Who is my Hero???

My mom, she is indeed my hero... for many reasons... many many reasons...

See my mom had me at 16 years old... she turned 17 three days later. She raised me as a single mother for 2 years till she met my Dad... Yes, I have a Dad and a sperm donor. Lucky me hey. I obviously don't remember my first two years of life, but I have heard the stories of my sperm donor and how he treated my mother and how she was brave enough to leave him and take me with her.

Now life was good but not always good when I was 11 years of age and my sister was 4, my mom and my Dad divorced. Again my mom co parented. Which means really she was responsible for all the daily operations of the home. My Dad had us every weekend. She raised me, my sister and my baby sister alone. She sacrificed, she probably had many sleepless nights worrying about how she was gonna get us the latest thing that we wanted. How she was gonna do that on one income, and still provide us with the necessities of life. But she did... she always did. I am sure she went without many times...

Now that I am a mother, I respect her even more. I appreciate the sacrifices that she made, as I am making those same sacrifices. No, I am not a single parent, who I have the utmost respect for, but I still make sacrifices.

My mother a year and a half ago took on her biggest challenge yet. She now raises her great nephews. They are ages 7 & 11 now. They came from a home were they were apprehended due to drug trafficking, and drug use, neglect. They ended up in Foster Care and now my mom took them in. My mom may be young but this is the time in her life were she is done raising her childre (well my baby sister still lives at home, oh don't get me started) She should be enjoying her grandchildren, her life. But no, she still has room in that heart to provide, struggle, and give these boys a good home life. Not an easy task given their ages and their past. But she has taken on the task and won't give up on them when everyone else seems to have.

She is simply amazing. An angel on earth. I am so proud to call her my mom.

MY HERO.