How did I spend my summer vacation?
I tried to think of something exciting to put in this paper something that would stand out but all I could think of was one week out of my summer. The week was I get to be myself an get to spend time with my heroes. Heroes, Webster dictionary describes them as a man/women of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his/her brave deeds and noble qualities, I believe this definition should be used for Firefighters, Doctors an nurses they are real life heroes. I have many heroes in my life. I know over a hundred firemen, doctors an nurses an every single one of them are heroes to me. I wish I could name them all but it would take far to long but I can name a few who have changed my life in so many ways.
Keri Johnson, at best I see her maybe twice a year an yet we still are close. I have known her for a very long time she has even been my OT an worked with me.Keri now works with the deaf an blind At a special school. Keri Johnson is a woman who can make you laugh an cry in one sentence. I can always find comfort in her words of wisdom even if she's telling me I'm a dumb ass for losing at dictionary at one in the morning or having the patients to sit in a cabin for five hours trying to solve a riddle during a thunder storm. I know she will always be there if I need a hug or just to talk about life in general. I hope to always have her in my life. I believe she is a hero an always will be one.
Another is Sean Hanlen, I have known Sean for just a few years but feels like forever. He is a firefighter in Boston. I only see him one week out of the whole year but I look forward to that week everyday. Sean amazes me in more ways than one. He can go into a burning building an put others before himself everyday an still seems to be the happiest person I know an always makes me laugh whether he is throwing water balloons at me or telling everyone I pulled his finger. An I know Sean is an amazing person. He's most certainly one of my heroes.
Ron O'dowd another firefighter is a hero of mine. I haven't know Ron that long, but he's the kind of person where even if you just met you feel you have know each other for a lifetime. Ron's one of my heroes because he also finds himself going into burning building. One minute he will be talking to me an the next he will be off on a call to a fire, or car ascendant etc.. an after he has just got back from that he will still make time to texted me at five o'clock in the morning to tell me to get out of bed. I think he has to be a hero if he wastes his time trying to get me out of bed before noon during the summer.
When people hear the word hero they think of super man,batman an wonder woman etc. Now I don't know about you but I don't know super man or wonder women but I do know real heroes ones that don't need super vision to see the good in people or who need a bat call to save the day they would come anyway's. I know its far fetched but I wish these heroes (the real ones) would get a lot more credit for what they do everyday.
My summer basically consists of sleeping an going out with my friends but for that week I am a different person. I am Coco a girl who challenges herself so she can show her heroes there hard work wasn't for nothing. Everyone is a hero to someone else an I hope someday I can be just a great a hero as Keri, Sean an Ron are to me.