Amelia Sheperd: My Hero

Who is your hero? If that question was asked to a group of people, some might think of loved ones or family, and some may talk about doctors, firemen, or even a teacher. However, most would probably say their hero was some celebrity or star athlete. While some celebrities and athletes can justifiably be labeled "heroes", there are some people who may appear to be heroic, but lead a completely different life off the field.

Heroes come in many different forms. Heroes can be anyone, they can be your, mom, dad, sister, brother, etc. My hero is my best friend Sarah Watt. She’s kind, sweet, honest, and caring. We became friends because of the nice thing she done for me and I’ll never let it go.

Amelia Earhart had a lot of challenges in her life, but she accomplished them by being a bold and brave woman. Earhart was young, bright, and full of energy and very curiosity. But she didn't know what she wanted to do with herself (Lauber 26). Until, one day she saw four one-legged men struggling down the sidewalk, and she decided to drop out of school and volunteered as a nurse's aide in the Toronto hospital for veterans (Lauber 27). Even though Earhart loved working as a nurse's aide, she still was undecided about what she wanted to do. After seeing the air show and taking some flying classes, Amelia Earhart was interested in becoming a pilot (Lauber 30).

After graduating high school, Earhart became a nurse’s aide in Canada during World War I to help with the wounded soldiers returning home from war. Afterwards, she enrolled at Columbia University in New York as a pre-medical student, but

The person who I consider to be a hero is my mom, FBI Special Agent Jill Stillman. She is more than a typical mom because she protects and serves our country everyday, but first makes sure to be up at 6:00am to wake me and my brother up so we can dress, eat breakfast and get to the bus stop. She always puts us first before herself along with my two dogs and cat and then she gets ready for work. I consider her a hero because after the 9/11 attacks, she helped capture and eliminate Osama Bin Laden. She has investigated criminal and counterterrorism cases and early in her career, she found evidence against the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing subject Tim McVey to send him to prison. She has been a Special Agent for 25 years and volunteered to go

Sara Lundberg is my Michigan hero because she is caring. She has been their for all the ups and downs in my life. She has been their for the times I have succeeded and the times I have failed. When I had pneumonia, I complained all day, but no matter how annoyed she got she still was their helping me. This is why Sara Lundberg is my Michigan hero.

can be a hero. One person for me is Aaron Valencia. Aaron also stated that he had to grow up fast in an environment with drugs, alcohol & physical abuse. Aaron lived a rough child hood & ended up going to rehab in 1999. He never looked back since, he opened an garage & started restoring Cars after that he started an after school program to work on restoring classic cars. I find Aaron Valencia as a role model, Thought full & kind.

I am currently reading the book Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight, and I am on page 99. So far the story is about the daughter, Amelia, who was either pushed or jumped of the roof of her school, Grace Hall. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Baron. But your daughter, Amelia, is dead” (McCreight 19). The only thing left behind was a one-word note written on the wall saying, “sorry”. The mother, Kate, is busy with her work as a lawyer and never had time for her daughter, only late nights when she got home. So she never got time to talk to Amelia about what was going on in her school life. Her death was so sudden it struck Kate in the most emotional ways I can connect with, visualize and question.

This early infiltration of “un-lady” like behavior helped shape Amelia Earhart into who she became. During her youth, Earhart stayed with her grandparents and went to school and college, however she did not finish the program there. But rather became a nurse’s aide, once seeing the need for help among those wounded from World War I. After undertaking this job, she enrolled as a pre-med student at Columbia University in New York. Earhart however, ended up moving with her parents to California. It was there that Earhart saw her first airshow and had her first plane ride. After her first ride, she became resolute to becoming an

We all have our heros. For some it may be a superhero like batman, or a special person in there life. For me it is special person. Someone who has helped me time and time and has been there for me. This person’s name is Grace Snyder-Hansen. She is my hero because she is has great character qualities.

After amelia settled down in Australia she eventually graduated high school. After graduating, she decided to become a nurses aid for the Red Cross to help the

When my mom married my step-dad, Jon, in 2009, I was only eight. I had to move and I was getting a whole new family that I had never even met before, so of course I was scared. I met Mabel Hickman a little while after the wedding. She was a family friend that my step-dad had grown up with. Mabel was the nicest person I had met in my life and she made me feel very welcome. She was born on December 25, 1923 in South Bend, Indiana. She met her husband, Marvin, at Fort Custer when she was in her late teens. They got married not too long after meeting each other on October 31, 1940 when Mabel was only 17. Unfortunately, Mabel died last year when she got sick. Mabel Hickman is my hero because she never stopped being nice to people, even though she went through a lot or even if the person didn’t deserve her kindness. Not only was the nicest person I had ever met, but she was amazingly talented.

Even when we had nothing going for us, my mom still pulled through for us. There’s nothing I believe more than that my mom is the reason that my family made it out of the hole my childhood was surrounded by. If I were to ever go through the cheesy process of writing about ‘who my hero is’, I would more than likely write about my mom and everything she’s done for our

There are many heroes everywhere in your country, city, or state. You see them everyday. But, everybody has their own hero(s) that did something very gladly appreciated for them or even for the whole world. My hero is Eleanor Roosevelt because she always tried to help everyone she can. She did everything in the right manner.

The excitement buzzed through the air as everyone rushed around. There stood Amelia Sonneveld, standing in her white, lace wedding dress in the center of the room, taking it all the chaos; their wedding planner shouting last minute touches, her mother wiping her tears away, her bridesmaids all gathered around the makeup table. Today was the day. She was about to marry the love of her life, Hunter Marsh.