tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post2037234935414860612..comments2023-12-28T09:32:32.680-06:00Comments on Good Day, Regular People: Hero StoriesAlexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-43994382350662695122013-10-01T00:38:59.469-05:002013-10-01T00:38:59.469-05:00Nice article. very interesting, thanks for sharing...Nice article. very interesting, thanks for sharing.PPLIChttp://lifestyle.inquirer.net/124703/in-case-of-emergency-dont-break-the-bank#disqus_threadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-23279525593457881072012-08-19T00:13:54.506-05:002012-08-19T00:13:54.506-05:00awesome.awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-31910826221083311642012-08-18T23:43:54.516-05:002012-08-18T23:43:54.516-05:00That is heroic indeed: with your will to keep on g...That is heroic indeed: with your will to keep on going, others will find their strength.<br /><br />I know.<br /><br />GOOD LUCK and all my best to you at this time. I know your new baby granddaughter will be the wind in your sails these days...Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-21124657160784399142012-08-18T23:42:47.623-05:002012-08-18T23:42:47.623-05:00NO WAY.
I just read this to my two teen sons and ...NO WAY.<br /><br />I just read this to my two teen sons and they couldn't believe it...HOW COOL.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-632178180601741512012-08-18T23:42:12.159-05:002012-08-18T23:42:12.159-05:00Oh, Lady Jennie: how lucky I am to have found you....Oh, Lady Jennie: how lucky I am to have found you.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-67626453303067232252012-08-18T23:17:54.812-05:002012-08-18T23:17:54.812-05:00I keep thinking about you wrote above, about momen...I keep thinking about you wrote above, about moments that make us feel heroic, and I'm marinating. Because immediately something came to mind I never think about. Something I'd never classify as heroic, but it changed lives forever in beautiful ways. It changed mine. It's no shoe sacrifice, but it's something. A post is stewing. I'll let you know where it goes. I helped people who'd looked for one another for almost seven decades find each other. And I've done it twice since for others. If anyone ever wants that sort of help, I would do it for free every day for the rest of my life. Except those people, those who asked me to help them solve their mysteries, they're the heroes. I'm just a writer who thinks the truth is stranger than fiction and wants to find people to find endings to their beginnings. Alexandrahttp://www.alexandrawrote.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-76474036588115574262012-08-18T22:20:20.804-05:002012-08-18T22:20:20.804-05:00Listen...do you hear it?
It's the theme of Ro...Listen...do you hear it?<br /><br />It's the theme of Rocky playing just for you.<br /><br />The things we will do, no thinking it through, just doing.<br /><br />All of us. Every one of us.<br /><br />What a pleasure to meet you!!! LOVED LOVED LOVED your film trailer on "Lost in Living."<br /><br />Thank you so much for this labor of love, where we can find community in the confessional. Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-6784481576767412182012-08-18T17:25:19.844-05:002012-08-18T17:25:19.844-05:00I feel exactly and I mean exactly the way you do a...I feel exactly and I mean exactly the way you do about dogs. Just the other day as I was taking a walk with my daughter, who is 11, and her best friend, also 11, we saw a giant dog running right toward us. No owner, no leash, just a dog who got out of his yard and was out to do something bad - it seemed. The girls screamed and I had to go into action. Me, who is skittish about dogs!!! I yelled at him with my loudest voice and told him to GO HOME. He came right up to me, jumped on me and I kept yelling and you know what - he finally listened. I had to yell at him numerous more times to get him to stay in his front yard (I'm sure he didn't once we were out of sight) but as we walked away my daughter said, "wow, Mom, you were like the dog whisperer. I've never seen you do that." She had no idea I had practically wet my pants in fear. But hey, what else would I have done. Thanks for the great post. Maryhttp://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-32832939498387662782012-08-18T14:28:49.472-05:002012-08-18T14:28:49.472-05:00Oh Aprilmay: how I wish I could find a way to emai...Oh Aprilmay: how I wish I could find a way to email you.<br /><br />See, your hero moment reminds me of all that I have done.<br /><br />I was on bedrest, too, with all my children. From 31 wks to 36 wks with number one, and then from 17 wks to 35 wks with my middle, the third one was only 4 wks.<br /><br />INCREDIBLE.<br /><br />Yes, bedrest is a HUGE heroic act.<br /><br />Aprilmay: if you can email me, would you???<br /><br />xoAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-32884649630069902502012-08-18T14:22:10.537-05:002012-08-18T14:22:10.537-05:00I have been in a bit of a funk as my daughter turn...I have been in a bit of a funk as my daughter turned 18 yesterday and I think of this being her last year of high school and being home with us. Every year at this time I think back to the 2 months I spent in the hospital to carry her close to term. It certainly didn't feel heroic, but it was one of the hardest things I have ever done-completely giving up control and living as a larvae! I loved your post and now my funk is lifting:)aprilmaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-22185557340770350952012-08-17T14:13:35.172-05:002012-08-17T14:13:35.172-05:00Beautiful, Alexandra. I'm not sure I have anyt...Beautiful, Alexandra. I'm not sure I have anything that comes close to this but I'll think it over. A mother's love for her child comes above anything else, eh? <br /><br />I think I'm the only one in the world who hasn't seen this movie. Thanks for ruining the ending. KIDDING! :p I'll add it to my list, momma. Miss you. XOXOmypixiebloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09135461083810124483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-18901763263362412612012-08-17T12:44:26.004-05:002012-08-17T12:44:26.004-05:00You are welcome to swim in the sea of estrogen at ...You are welcome to swim in the sea of estrogen at my house as we weep over The Last of the Mohicans. I love that movie! <br /><br />My last heroic moment was grabbing the toddler before she tumbled off a stool. She is bound and determined to test her physical strength and my fear as she climbs all.the.things in our house. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-77883911038475749762012-08-17T10:48:08.184-05:002012-08-17T10:48:08.184-05:00Please do write it up? And let me know of it when ...Please do write it up? And let me know of it when it's published.<br /><br />I love stories of the HUMAN POWERFUL SPIRIT in all of us.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-27249142655026133712012-08-17T10:47:16.572-05:002012-08-17T10:47:16.572-05:00Thank you, Amber, I hope you write a post on the s...Thank you, Amber, I hope you write a post on the subject, and let me know about it here: I mean it when I say I love to read about people going beyond what they thought they ever could.<br /><br />I really do. Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-40688894359300881352012-08-17T09:11:31.808-05:002012-08-17T09:11:31.808-05:00I am way too emotional to watch that clip right no...I am way too emotional to watch that clip right now so I'll just settle for tearing up over your story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586581766383380976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-58360558715373070522012-08-17T08:33:22.597-05:002012-08-17T08:33:22.597-05:00What a beautiful post! I better not read these com...What a beautiful post! I better not read these comments right now or I will cry ugly tears, but thank you for sharing such a brave story!Amber Page Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288534853490787988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-68773202509658447962012-08-17T08:32:33.888-05:002012-08-17T08:32:33.888-05:00Oh my. I don't think I better read these comme...Oh my. I don't think I better read these comments right now, or I will cry big bloody tears in my cube. But you are definitely a HERO!Amber Page Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288534853490787988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-89694638490329644052012-08-16T21:20:09.788-05:002012-08-16T21:20:09.788-05:00I love this post so much. Thank you for inspiring ...I love this post so much. Thank you for inspiring me to write tonight. I didn't put my life on the line but I will never forget sitting with a very young boy, holding his hand and shaking in my boots as a brand new advocate as HE did the bravest thing I ever seen anyone do. He testified against his abuser and looked him right in the eye. Ten years old. And for some reason this post made me go right to it in my memory. Thank you for that. I'll let you know if it blossoms into a post. The Family Pantshttp://www.theadventuresofthefamilypants.com/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-83716224381803641622012-08-16T20:04:07.031-05:002012-08-16T20:04:07.031-05:00My grandparents and my aunt and uncle use to work ...My grandparents and my aunt and uncle use to work on movie sets, and -prepare to have your mind grapes blown- they worked on Last of the Mohicans. My grandpa drove Daniel Day Lewis up the mountain every day for shooting. Anyhoozle, my hero story: I kind of, sort of saved my dad's life when I was eight. We were home alone with him, and he started choking. I ran across the street to get our neighbor, who did the Heimlich on my dad. I still remember how wobbly my legs felt and how terrified I was on the run over there.Sanstrousershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114472102131484886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-67191809183533689742012-08-16T17:16:17.116-05:002012-08-16T17:16:17.116-05:00Three years ago my husband got injured on the job,...Three years ago my husband got injured on the job, six months later, he was laid off and we lost our health insurance, two years ago he started getting nosebleeds but no one could figure out why, 6 months later he goes into renal failure laying next to me in bed. He stays in critical care for a month and I have to make the decision to let him go. <br /><br />That was just last year. I lost my husband, then we lost our home, my 19 yr old daughter just had a baby that I am helping to raise and support and I recently found out I will be laid off after 15 years at the end of this month. I have been looking for work but since we have the huge medical bills from my Husband's care and we had to let our home go, my credit is preventing me from finding anything decent at the moment.<br /><br />At this particular moment, my heroism consists of plodding forward each day for the sake of my two daughters and my brand new graddaughter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810246558284580306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-75117848273172033172012-08-16T16:14:16.363-05:002012-08-16T16:14:16.363-05:00Unclogging a toilet? I hear the Superman theme pla...Unclogging a toilet? I hear the Superman theme playing as we speak.<br /><br />Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-27681874410665090982012-08-16T16:13:49.501-05:002012-08-16T16:13:49.501-05:00Somedays, just telling yourself you WILL make it t...Somedays, just telling yourself you WILL make it through today, even if you have to say it hour by hour, is the biggest superhero there is.<br /><br />Love you, Jenni.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-24092048084984615032012-08-16T15:38:40.635-05:002012-08-16T15:38:40.635-05:00That damned Wes Studi is always killing people off...That damned Wes Studi is always killing people off. I'm kind of with Sue-The Spin Cycle, I have no heroic tales unless you count taking a needle in my spine to give birth. I love your passion though!Shannon Bradley-Collearyhttp://thewomanformerlyknownasbeautiful.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-63553393052106846892012-08-16T11:15:45.532-05:002012-08-16T11:15:45.532-05:00UNCAS!!
You're right, we don't recall our ...UNCAS!!<br />You're right, we don't recall our cape wearing moments often enough.<br />Is it wrong for me to think of just getting out of bed as heroic? Because there were times when it felt like it.Jenni Chiu @MommyNaniBooboo https://www.blogger.com/profile/03539931317104305201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991265338210422893.post-15637229959708931712012-08-16T11:13:21.219-05:002012-08-16T11:13:21.219-05:00UNCAS!!
We don't recall our cape wearing momen...UNCAS!!<br />We don't recall our cape wearing moments often enough, you're right.<br />Is it wrong to think of getting out of bed as a hero moment? Because there were times when it felt like it.Jenni Chiu @MommyNaniBooboo https://www.blogger.com/profile/03539931317104305201noreply@blogger.com