"Heroes are important and necessary symbols of our hopes an dreams. But they aren't gods. They're flesh and blood like the rest of us. But when the test comes, heroes react in extraordinary ways. Rising above the ordinary, surpassing what would be expected,
they never fail to inspire us
to dream bigger, reach higher, and endure longer."
-Roger Staubach
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Describing A Hero
People ask me to describe a hero, I often fail at it.
You see words are hollow things, they carry small meaning.
Words lack the substance to do a real hero full justice.
Real heros must be watched and seen to be understood.
We see and hear about all of the people portrayed as heros.
Sports heros, entertainment heros, media heros, and so on.
People whose charmed arrogance is just under the shine.
Words and adjectives can describe these people with ease.
They are not true heros and never could be, they are void.
So where can the true heros be watched and understood?
I know a place, at a hospital in Kansas, with the tiny ones.
A place where heros care for the smallest of the small.
A place where they give love and care unconditionally.
A place where they comfort parents feeling failure.
A place where the worst of news is delivered with a hug.
A place where they make you feel at home with family.
A place where they care so much that they cry with you.
A place where they share your joy when your baby is home.
A place where they cry because they then miss your baby.
A place where the world's greatest heros are just plain folks.
So, can I describe a hero, I say to you with a tear, I can not.
But if you will come with me to Kansas, I'll show you, I will.
Keith Howerton (Just Jacob's Dad)