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A small baby lays in the lap of a young woman on the bus heading south, she's swaddled up in her favorite pink blanket and in her lap laid a small brown teddy bear with threads coming lose around the left ear. Her mother gently rubbed her fingers along the side of the baby's face and then kissed her on the forehead. Instantly the baby yawned and reached her hand up toward her mother as if asking for another. . . The greyhound pulled into the bus station the same mother carried her daughter off the bus and they walked toward a couple sitting on a bench next to a familiar woman. The couple quickly stood up and smiled at the young woman and reached out for the baby. With hesitation the young woman handed her daughter into the arms of the couple and her eyes filled with tears, and as quickly as the bus had arrived the young woman turned around and stepped back on the bus.
My Favorite definition I have ever cam across for a her was simply "one who shows great courage". I love this definition because it can include so much more than just superheros. The greatest heroes I have ever known of was a mother, that can carry a baby inside of her body feeling it growing and moving and become so attached to there baby, and then be able to conjure up so much courage to give away their own flesh and blood. In my own opinion this is the greatest act of courage any person can ever express, more courage than many of us will ever understand. The mothers who don't settle for abortion because they cannot care for a child the way the want to, or they know they are not ready to become mothers. But those mothers who give their babies to others who can raise them better than they would be able to are the best hero I can think of because they know a great amount about courage. I have never personally meet a mother who has been this brave but through stories I have heard on TV, or from others I have been inspired to become an adoption counselor, so that I will be able to help these mothers, and the adoptive families through the hard times they will face.
Her light brown pigtails bounce off her shoulders as she skips down the side walk only a few steps ahead of us, her fingers are wrapped gently around a small purple wild flower she had pulled up out of the freshly watered grass on the beginning of our walk towards the park. We ventured toward the spot that crosses beneath the main street; this is her greatest fear at age three, a small creek with a few trees to shade the area where old men sometimes fish. She managed to make it through the under pass and back into the sunshine. With great excitant she squealed than took off running toward the swings , and before allowing her mother to pick her up and place her into the swing she leaned down dug a small hole in the sand with her little index finger and pushed the stem of the little pruple flower into the sand, then quickly reached up for her mother to put her in the swing and she laughed loudly as the swing flew up into air.
Its amazing how someone so young and so small, can be so graceful about leaving little the tiniest pieces of beauty in places for others to come across. The true beauty of it all is that she did the whole thing with out thinking, she just happened to come across the wild flower in her neighbors freshly watered lawn, and then happened to carry it along with her on the way to the park where she graced that swingset with a small purple piece of beauty.
It's better to shoot for the stars and miss, than to aim for the gutter and hit it. - anonymous
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't live down to expectation. Go out there and do something remarkable. - Wendy Wasserstein
Put you futute in good hands -- your own. - anonymous
When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch - anonymous
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. - David Foster
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. - James Dean
Just a few quotes I found that I thought where good to read and think about for senior year.
