Mothers -- The Real Heroes I'm standing before you today to help create vivid pictures in your minds about the vital role that mothers play in our lives, and why they are the true heroes.

[Point #1] American author Mark Twain said this about his mother: " ... she had a slender, small body, but a large heart -- a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it ... " Indeed, no matter the size of her body, a mothers' heart is strong enough to supply the nutritional needs for her baby in the womb for nine months. A mother's heart is passionate enough to create a warm glow in the family's three children after a scare.

[Point #2] Ireland's JAMES JOYCE said this about mothers in his down-to-earth tone: "Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother's love is not." If researchers could quantify through math the power of a mother's love compared with the average male's love -- sorry guys, numbers do not go high enough to measure a mother's love.

[Point #3] American founding father George Washington said his mother " ... was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. I attribute all my success...

Yes there are sports stars we call heroes, but they aren't heroes at all. Many are overpaid prima-donnas living in gated communities, indifferent to the real world the rest of us know so well.
And yes there are courageous individuals in the military, and there are police and fire fighters that perform heroic deeds to protect lives and property -- but their main job isn't to give birth to new life, and their heroism does not take place every hour of every single day.

Mothers, on the other hand, are heroes every minute, every hour, every day, every month and every year. They keep the family strong, they cook the meals, and mothers are on the job from daybreak to sunset and beyond. Each of us is here because a mother carried us around for nine months, and nurtured us with her tender love and her nutritious milk.

Mothers are heroes because they willingly, lovingly sacrifice…