The term “hero” refers to a character who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, displays courage and the will for self sacrifice for some greater good of all humanity. However, when general people think of heroes, they probably think of super-humans that have extraordinary talents and gifts. They might think of people that can lift super heavy buildings, can fly, or people that have saved the world from flaming asteroids that are hurling towards earth at thousands of miles an hour. But very, very seldom is that the case. Heroes are everywhere, all around us. In fact, they are just like us: they are people.
For most of us, it’s hard to imagine being raised in a family in which you have 26 brothers and sisters. It’s even harder to imagine being the parent of 27 children, especially when 23 of them have special needs. I think it would be an honor to be in that situation, though an extremely hard one. The Murphys felt that they weren’t doing enough for the special needs kids around the world that didn’t have families, so to help fix this problem, they decided to start adopting. This family is a hero to so many different children. They have offered a loving, caring, and safe environment for these kids to be raised in, a thing that most of these children would have never experienced otherwise. People like these are the true unsung heroes of the world in my opinion. We should never take for granted the situations we are usually in and the families we have, and we should always remember the families and people that sacrifice so much in order to help even more.
