Who are "hero's in your life?
What makes someone a "hero"?
It all started years ago with a woman whom I shall call " Jackie".
Jackie was in college studding hard , she was passing all her classes with a grade point average of 3.5 . now college was not her whole life she had a boyfriend named Jim. Jim promised Jackie that they would be together forever no matter what. He also told her that after she graduated that they would get married.But just as life would have it Jackie got pregnant, but that didn't stop her from going to school. the plans were still on, the marriage , the life together. about three months into the pregnancy Jim had a terrible car accident, which took his life. Jackie now heart broke decided that she would quit going to school and get a job so she could raise their baby.
When the time came for little Jimmy to be born, Jackie knew that this life she chose would be a hard one, but she stayed single and sacrificing her own life to give Jimmy a chance in life.
She worked three jobs seven days a week. If you were to ask her, How she did it? she would say" it is not hard when you do things for the one's you love". and then if you were to ask her why she did what she did? her reply back would be " that she loves Jimmy and he was her only child".
Now when Jimmy grew up it was a hard life, yeah Jackie worked hard for them to survive , but he never had it as good as some other kids.When he turned 12 he got a job cutting grass in the summer and did odd jobs the rest of the time, and by the time he was 16 , he had saved up enough money to buy himself a pick up truck. he would then start hauling things for people and he was making some really good money. which he would then help his mother with the groceries and some of the bills.
when Jimmy turned 22 he had started his own moving and storage company, which was doing so well that he was able to pay off his mothers home, and paid her way to go back to college.
At the age of 25 Jimmy married his high school sweetheart Tammy and later they had two children the oldest being Tracey and a son named Josh.
Tracey and Josh both had life pretty easy, but they were always told about how the family started with a lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifices , and a whole lot of LOVE.
When Tracey grew up and got married she wanted a big family but when she found out that she couldn't have any children of her own she was devistated , but that didn't stop her. Tracey and her husband fostered a lot of children over the years, and they adopted 6 more.
Josh grew up just like his father though he never married, he wanted to be a success in life and he chose a different way. Josh worked in the family business , but was also a volenteer fireman .
And now this is where I come into the story, you see it was a cold night in Janurary and my family and I lived in a town house. about 4 am I was awoken by the sound of sirens.and when I looked outside there were firetrucks all over the place, and just then there was a loud banging on the door, when I went down to open the door a policeman was shouting that everyone had to get out of the house because one of the town homes were on fire.So I went back and got my wife and little girl and went outside.there are 9 homes connected together and we are on the opposit end to where the fire was. the home was engulped in flames and was spreading fast.I told my wife to keep Chrissy with her because I was going to go and move our car away from the buildings. When I found my wife again I asked her where Chrissy was she wasn't there, my wife thought that she went off with a friend. but just then someone shouted "DON'T GO IN THERE!!!! and as I turned we saw Chrissy heading back into the house. we don't know why she went back inside. I tried going back after her but the police would not let me go in after her.
One of the firemen that had just arrived said that he'll go get her.That fireman was Josh.
There was not any flames but there was a lot of smoke. Josh had found Chrissy pasted out in her bed room and he took off his oxegen mask and put it on her and brought her out to safety.
Something that we didn't know at the time, was that Josh had a respiratory problem and when he took off his mask he was killing himself breathing in all that smoke. before I had the chance to thank him, he passed out and died less than 5 minutes out of the building.
Now looking back at this story, How many "Hero's" can you find?
The answer may surprize you.
This story is a fictional story that I wrote trying to make sence of this world.
Answer: number of Hero's in this story (none).
Reason: Jim and Jackie never got married, as soon as Jim found out that Jackie was pregnant he left. And Jackie was so involved with school she didn't want the responsibility of a child.
So Jackie had an abortion.
which means Jimmy was never born, and neither was Tracey or Josh. and all the children are still in the system of the adoption process.
And Yes my little 8yr. old Chrissy died of smoke inhalation.
*** Question to you? ***
With all the abortions that go on in this country alone, How many other lives could have been touched by your little Hero?
For just by you saving one life, could in return save many.
********* WHAT MAKE'S A HERO ??? *********
ANSWER : YOU DO !!!!!!!
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