Speech - My hero

This is about someone who meant alot to me and my hero, written when i was 11

She isn't an actor, a singer or even a dancer. Infact she's never been on TV or the radio! But, those things aren't what make people hero's it's what' inside that counts. And thats why my hero was my nan!

Your probarbly thinking "well that's a stupid hero" or "theres nothing special about a nobody" , but my nan was special, and not because she was my nan, but beacuse she was the most trustworthy person i ever knew! and not only that she was staggeringly generous, unnaturally kind and filled to the brim with love.

As a little child, she wanted to be a nurse and that was her dream all through life! But it wasn't just a dream: she became one of the best nurses in Liverpool, always ready for any challenge. And she enjoyed every moment of it, she got a frill from making people better!

Once she retired, did she stop caring about people?

NO! Instead she donated 1000's of pounds a year to charity's such as save the children, save the whales and cancer reshearch, and there were many more. 

At no point in her life did she ever put herself before anyone else, She wouldn't even think about that because she cared too much for everybeing on the planet. 

Also along with being a generous , loving woman she married and rasied 6 kids, 7 including me. And yet i am told that she never rasied her voice once! What does that show you?

Then when i was born, she treated me like royalty; always soft and gentle. She wouldn't harm a fly! I could tell her all my secrets and know that she'd never tell a soul. She was amazingly loving right down to the core, the only person i've ever loved.

She died in 2002, (the night after i stayed at her house), I knew that she'd only hung on too say goodbye, even though she was suffering so much pain. And even now she's dead i stil think about her, because she was always helping me with problems , helping me make decsions and just being there when i needed a friend.

At first i have to admit i was angry she left me, angry that she didnt tell me that she was dying of cancer. I blamed her. and i feel so guilty now, it wasnt her fault and i wouldn't of let her go if she had told me.

she never smoked or did anything to promote cancer and just yet she just accepted death, god had made his decision.

I lonly added that last lien because she was a devote catholc always putting money in the donation plate. 

I guess gods gotta be cruel to be kind. He took a massive chunk, out of my heart when he took her up to heaven and that space will never be filled. But even though she's dead she will always be my hero.

Now look at your hero's and think about what makes them a hero, not that there good at sport or always on the telly, but look inside there hearts and then decide if there truely hero's at all.

Author's Note

RIP. Doris Cooper x

Reviews

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this is awesome for an 11year old. hell i could barely write at the age of 11!!