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My Hero

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What makes a person a hero? Are you a hero to someone? My definition of a hero would be someone who has an impact on you and your life, who is brave and has courage. Someone who wants to help you, who teaches you, and is always there for you. I have many people in my life that fit that description. Such as my mom, dad, sisters, aunts, uncles, close friends, my grandparents, and many more. In this case I will be talking about why my grandparents are my heroes.

My grandparents have been there for me for as long as I can remember. They help me when I need advice, they are easy to talk to, come to my sporting events and overall are just amazing people. I always love getting to spend time with them when we visit at the lake. My grandpa is retired and loves reading and fishing. My grandma worked at J&K Marine who is a writer and enjoys reading. I get many traits from my grandparents such as my sass and sarcastic humor from my grandpa and my kindness and caring personality from my grandma. Throughout these years these two have taught me many lessons in life like never giving up, hard work, kindness, and helping others.

When I was about 13 years old my parents told me, my grandpa had stage four colon cancer and was going to need treatment as soon as possible. He received radiation, chemo through an IV, and chemo pills to help remove the cancer. He drudged through the tough times so he could reach the quality ones. Sometimes when we go visit, he is sick from the treatment but he pushes through it so we don’t worry about him and so he can spend time with us while we were there. He eventually got his colon removed and the cancer was gone. Although the following year he was once again diagnosed with cancer in his liver twice and would have to remove the cancerous portion of it. We all knew it was getting tough for him to fight off the cancer but he continued to fight for his family and for my grandma. He discarded that cancer and was well for another couple years, until recently he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. When my family and I were told the news, it was very upsetting and emotional for all of us because he has been fighting it for so long and it just keeps spreading

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