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Submitted by Sharon Hauerken
SGT Elijah John-Miles Rao. Killed in Action while serving in Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom, December 5, 2009. This photo was taken on December 6, 2008 when he came home on leave to walk me down the aisle on my wedding day. He was deployed to Afghanistan in June, 2009.
Submitted by Melissa Amos
My daughter, her husband and newborn baby. My daughter, Jessica, was determined to have her baby before her husband, Matt, would ship out on the cruiser Ronald Reagan. She made it! January 1, 2005 Georgia Porter was born! Her husband, Matt shipped out the next day to the Gulf. It was wonderful and very sad at the same time.
Submitted by Andrew Siegle
A memorial to the troops lost in Iraq and Afghanistan. One cross for each life lost on one hillside really puts everyone we've lost in the war into perspective. You can stand among them and feel the overwhelming number.
Submitted by Rick Taylor
You always want the big hit but sometimes you got to lay down a SACRIFICE bunt.
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Sacrifice Hero: Nurses
Submitted by My hero is every nurse who works 12 hours straight… Exposing themselves to illness and emotional stress…Sometimes on weekends and holidays…Sometimes through the night… Often putting their own needs and even some of the need... Read moreSacrifice Hero: RAY
Submitted by On May 20, 2007, off-duty volunteer fire captain Ray K. acted selflessly and heroically to save the life of a resident in a burning home. Ray learned of a residential explosion only a few blocks from his own home. He went to the address and learne... Read moreSacrifice Hero: Jim
Submitted by Jim coached a TOPSoccer for kids with special needs. He also started the Prom For The Stars, an annual dance for young adults with disabilities.The Saturday soccer games included snacks and a banquet at the end of the year with special trophies. ... Read moreSacrifice Hero: Carter
Submitted by My Darling Son is My HeroA Poem to him, a soldier....To live so boldly, to dare and overcomeDaily dealings take a path that surprises...saddensLeaving God to make sense of the total sum To rise to necessity, giving yourself for usYelling commands ... Read moreSacrifice Hero: Bob
Submitted by In l988, Bob R. halted a very lucrative career to follow his passion of helping others. He started a non-profit organization, called Renaissance Enterprises, to bring professional music and the arts to our nations forgotten seniors, the developmen... Read more
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Beyond Professional Conduct
Submitted by Audrey I have been in therapy for about six years now. My therapist means so much to me and has helped me move forward from so many family obstacles. We have been talking about some things in therapy that are really hard t... Read moreMy Two New Heroes
Submitted by Dan When my 16 year old son, Cayden was 9 years old, he was having some health issues that resulted in some visits to a gastroenterology and intestinal specialist. After some testing to rule out allergies, Cayden was diag... Read moreKindness in the face of the forgotten
Submitted by Tina While waiting with my oldest son for a tow truck, we were waiting next to my car. I have bumper sticker that says "I love someone with Autism." While we were waiting, a homeless man approached us. I was a little frigh... Read moreGrey is a figment
Submitted by Randy G. What I’ve learned from my wife would astound you! It’s theoretically simplistic, emotionally hygienic, morally sincere, and spiritually uplifting. She never went to college and reading books is not her passion. Her... Read moreA Life of Giving
Submitted by Richard A. My Grandmother had lived her life of more than ninety years without taking a breath to think of herself and her needs. Rather, she found her love and grace in tending to the needs of others and in giving of herself to... Read more
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QuotesTrue heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the courage to surpass others at whatever cost, but the courage to serve others at whatever the cost.
Arthur Ashe Professional Tennis Player, Civil Rights Supporter (1943-1993);
Arthur Ashe Professional Tennis Player, Civil Rights Supporter (1943-1993);
Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.
George Santayana Philosopher, Poet, Essayist, Novelist (1863-1952);
George Santayana Philosopher, Poet, Essayist, Novelist (1863-1952);
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
Xun Zi Chinese Confucian Philosopher
Xun Zi Chinese Confucian Philosopher
Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannnot endure it.... Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Nobel Prize Winner (1856-1950);
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Nobel Prize Winner (1856-1950);
Give unto me, made lowly wise,
The spirit of self-sacrifice;
The confidence of reason give,
And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!
William Wordsworth Poet (1770-1850);
William Wordsworth Poet (1770-1850);
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