Lisa Marie Foulker: My Hero

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When we are asked what is a hero, we often think of superman, captain america and all those comic book heros. Even though we think heroes are superhumans and people with money, a hero is someone who risks it all to protect those they love, not someone with powers or money. My mother has worked hard to get passed an abusive relationship, stayed hopeful when it seemed that all hope was lost, and cares about my sister and I and provides love and kindness when we lose faith and feel lost. Lisa Marie Foulker is a kind, brave, and cunning soul, and proves it everyday by what she had don to protect herself,my sibling, and I. When my mother was still married to my biological father, she was abused mentally and physically. My biological father started

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