Hero's

This last weekend being the 10th anniversary of September 11th made me think of a lot of things.  Where I was when it happened, what I was feeling mostly- I think it was disbelief.  Like I was watching a movie and I was waiting for the super hero to come and save the day.  When I went to bed and woke up the next day it would have never happened.  But it did, and when I woke up and like everyone still felt the sting, and would for sometime.
The positive part of waking up yesterday was that while we remembered the loss we also heard many stories of the hero's.  Everyone needs a hero in their life right?  Kids need them when the fall and scrape their knees, or lose the big game, teenagers need them when pressure to be or do something is to much to take and they don't know which way to go is the "right way."  Sometimes we need that hero physically to step in before we meet disaster, they seem to come out of no where and oddly enough they don't look like we thought they would.  Hero's can be well.....normal people, they aren't the handsome movie star (no offense Brad Pitt, or Tom Cruise) or the femme fatal we watch have crazy strenght and skills that come out of no where.  The people on that day and many of the days that followed just stepped up and did what needed to be done with out thought to their own safety, or fear.  Can't say I know what I would do in most situations when a hero is needed, I would hope I could stay level headed and know exactly what to do but truthfully I don't know. 
What I do know is that my kids look up to hero's.  We recently went to a friend (Jackson's) birthday party, it was a super hero party!  Loved the idea and theme of it, kids came all dressed as different hero's.  Garrett would only put on a cape and as soon as he was recognized as such he got shy and took it off and refused to wear it the rest of the party.  But one thing he didn't shed was his persona of being a super hero.  He thinks they run fast and can fly.....they can lift heavy things with huge muscles and know exactly what to do and how to defend the weak and needy.  What I want him to know is that people can be a hero and not ever take flight off the ground, and some don't run very fast at all.  But all hero's do have some qualities that are the same, they think quickly and act selflessly.  They never boast or ask for recognition so they will look like the Clark Kent's of the world but have the heart of Superman.  And most of all I want my sons to know that you don't have to come from some planet far away with special powers, a poisonous spider does not have to bite you to transform you.  God gave us our powers and I think that if they look for it they will find that they had it all along.  I want them to know that this September 11th and that party reminded me of how I needed to be there for them and that way if they ever need a super hero mom, I will be there to fill that roll.      

Garrett at the super hero party.....with out his cape.