My hero!?
Who was your hero growing up?
Who's your hero now?
I'm almost sure I'm the only one who took him for a hero.
Most of my friends had Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and more...
Mine did not have any super powers.
He wasn't big.
He didn't go to other worlds.
He, like most, had a side kick.
He had a great imagination.
He would always help the people around him.
If he didn't it's because he knew they could do it themselves.
He would always make life better.
He also loved to dance.
He was everybody's friend.
I remember my dad taking me on an emergency call,
he was a plumber and it was winter.
People didn't have heat.
I was maybe 6, and the lady of the house
was in the living room watching what I wanted to watch.
My hero was on TV.(what? Did you expect me to say my dad?) lol
I stood in the hallway and watched on.
She noticed me and offered me to sit on the couch with her.
I smiled and ran to watch my hero skate on is one hour special.
She gave me milk and cookies.
I was just thrilled to be able to see him.
I read everything about him.
I had him in different sizes.
Every morning I'd open the paper
to read another of his exploits.
If I look back, I guess I'm a lot like him.
Pretty sarcastic, cool, most of the time,
big heart, nice to my friends and love to laugh.
Like him I have a big imagination.
I can make almost anything out of nothing.
Although I have his life's work.
Now he's not my hero anymore.
He will always have a special place in my heart.
I will always watch his old and if possible new adventures.
But my heroes are now real people.
The ones that make a difference in our world.
We wont see movies made of their lives.
But that's only because a lot of people don't see them that way.
I know some of you.
To me you are heroes.
Thank you!?
OH!
My hero when I was growing up was,
Told ya!?
Remember?!
To me he was the best!
So, who was your hero growing up?
Who's your hero now?
J
Told ya!?
Remember?!
posted by Jack at 7/25/2006 12:30:00 a.m.
16 Comments:
You love to stir up memories don't you? [snickering]
You're too young to remember this, but when I was a little kid (5 or 6) I *loved* "Beany and Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent." It was one of the earliest children's television series (cartoons): starting in 1949. I didn't get to see it until we had our first t.v. (sometime in between 1953 and 1955)!
As I became older: John Wayne.
Now (and for quite some time earlier): people who truly sacrifice for others.
Thanks for the memory refresher!
Joel, you made me think. (Bad concept! **grin**) I guess I have to admit that as a young child my heroes would have been the typical: Super man and the Lone Ranger (whom I called the "Long" Ranger as a child - hmmm - I wonder how Freud would reply to that).
Anyway... It is interesting that you would pick Snoopy, because when I reached my early teens my idol (hero?) was Linus. He was my idol well into adulthood and still is to a degree.
Well as a kid, just like any kid mainly my thinking of heroes were like you and your snoopy or action heroes and such....Mine was Wonder Woman (I know go figure). It wasn't because I wanted to be her or wear her clothes, though she had some damn fierce boots...but my fascination with her went a little deeper (just a little). In a way it could have been any superhero but she was prominent at the time. She was a hero (on tv) that always got the bad guy but she never used violence to get him/her. If she couldn't bring him/her down without violence she let him/her get away until she could resolve the problem without much conflict. I think the worst thing she ever did was was grab someone by the colar and fling him. The other thing that I identified with Wonder Woman was the whole secret identity. AT the time I wore glasses too and at the time I knew I was different from other boys, so we shared something in common. She had to hide her true self from the world. And I felt I had to too, but not to save the world obviously. I just identified.
Today...I don't know if I have a hero or heroes that I can say I look up to. In todays world most people are manufactured to be heroes and that's different. It's a world of me, me, me and no one stands out anymore. I think heroes have gone the way of innocense. But on a more personal level my hero would be my grandfather or anyone close to me who has suffered through cancer twice and still live to fight on today. To be able to go through that and still find the will and life to keep on trucking just moves me. So to my grandfather and best friend Miriam...you guys are my modern heroes...I love them! Miriam found out she had breast cancer, while carrying her second child. A year later and treatments later the found another lump and has to go through it again. My grandfather (in his 70's) had cancer, had it removed and within a year had it again. It was sad to see him go through this and we worried big time, but he pulled through and he has been living well and healthy for 3 years now.
Sorry for the blabbering on...
Never had a hero growing up - maybe that is why I am looking for one now...
Fabulous! My hero when growing up was Banana Man. My current hero is Jenni Barnet.
Banana-Man? Is that a metaphor? :)
My hero was my grandfather; I adored this man I found brilliant and great.
I don't think I have a hero now though. I have a lot of "Goddesses' but their more for adoration than role models.
I was much more partial to Charlie Brown. Snoopy scared me, lol.
I wouldn't say she's my "hero" but Ellen DeGeneres inspires me. She's funny, has a big heart and does everything she can to help those in need (she did a lot for New Orleans this year). I would love to be her friend. My hero when I was a kid was Eric Estrada from Chips ! hmmmm ;-)
I used to be Eric Estrada from Chips when I was a kid, riding my Huffy all over town...My brother was his partner John.
Growing up I thought that "The Flash" and "Green Lantern" were cool. I wanted their powers, combined into one big superhero...I can't say that I have one now tho, and that is kind of sad...To think that as I am typing this that I can't think of anyone that I am proud of...
he was a good one, mine was my grandpa.
I'm not sure who my hero was when I was young, but it's Rejean Thomas now, one of the HIV docs at Clinique L'Actuel in Montreal, and founder (I think) of Medecins du Monde.
As retarted as it may sound my dad was mine but. He instilled in me some great things and a lot of not so great things. I learned more about him before and afer he died and to this day I miss him very much.
Next would be Tigra of the ThunderCats.
What a great topic. Except that I can't think of any hero I had as a kid. I thought spiderman was cool. But I'm thinking that my brain just didn't work that way.
Now my hero's are the people who are honest about their lives. That takes guts and it gives everyone else permission to be imperfect and to go after their dreams.
i had no heros, only villains
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