Who Is Your Hero?

Do you have a personal hero? Tell us about them. It doesn’t have to be perfect to make a difference in someone else’s life.

Your Everyday Hero: Ann E.

My mother, Ann, is an inspiration to me. She just survived her 8th brain surgery to remove her 17th malignant tumor. She's in a very small percentile of people to even have this kind of aggressive meningioma and an even smaller number of those who survive.

Before these problems, she raised three kids in a tiny town in Colorado. She cooked on a wood stove, endured 50F below temperatures, drove 80 miles for groceries and then eventually went back to school (2+ hour drive each way) and got her teaching degree. She was a lifeguard and teacher for low income, high risk children when her first tumor was discovered in 1996.

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