Hero...

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.