Cookies by the light of the stove, long after the kids are in bed
changing the oil early in the morning before the kid goes back to school, because you want to keep them safe and that’s what you know
countless road trips over icy highways, shuttling them back and forth
helping to pick all the vegetables in the fall, trying to get as much as possible before the frost
sewing on a million badges that are due in half an hour
giving up the last piece of pizza to the brat who bothers them day in and day out, just because they have a soft spot for them even if they’re super irritating.
taking and receiving a blow simply because no one, no one is allowed to say that to them except you, and you will protect them with your blood and tears.
Throwing your friend in the car when they’ve had one too many because you’ve promised to get them home safe.
holding them while they cry over how they’ve been treated.
everyday, each one of us does something somewhere for someone. Just because we care. Just because we know it’s what’s right,
just because
everyday champions are everywhere, you just have to look next to you to find one.