The exercise of highlighting forty different instances of real-life heroes and she-roes is an interesting one for me. It forces me to answer the question, "What makes someone a s/hero?"
One of the main qualities I have identified in those I would set apart as heroic is that they are doing and saying things that few others (if anyone) are doing and saying. In big and small ways, they are speaking up and taking action on behalf of what is right and noble, even if theirs are the only voices and hands doing so.
I don't really know anything about the mum who wrote this blog, other than what is contained directly in the post itself (note for Americans: an "A&E" nurse is what we would call an "ER" nurse)--but it is more than enough to know she is a she-ro. I could say more about why, but I think her words and actions speak for themselves.
"Not Always Learning" Blog: Was Bra-ced For a Different Reaction
(Have a real-life hero or she-ro to nominate for this blog? Let me know at misslynn [at] misslynn [dot] com!)
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