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[mommyatty]

It's Tuesday! I'm not the normal question-asker but I'll give it a whirl. 

1. Who is your hero, and why?

2. If you could be known for one thing among your friends and family, what would it be?

Bonus: What are you actually known for?

[mommyatty]

1. Ruth Bader-Ginsberg. I love her. She's smart, decisive, and was breaking glass ceilings long before I was born.

2. I would be known for my cooking. I really love to cook, and I'm pretty good at it. But I think people are used to thinking of me as The Lawyer that they don't think of me as the cookie baker.

Bonus: I'm known for telling the truth, even when it's hard and you don't want to hear it. I'm kind of the queen of tough love. Emphasis on the love. If I don't love you, I don't bother.

[rere]

1. Great grandmother. Born in 1900. She had 12 kids in a 2 bedroom house, no plumbing. Never wore pants or drove a car. She made all of her own clothes for the family and had a full garden until she was 90. We would go to her house in the summer to can tomatoes, cabbage, and grape jelly. She lost the 3 children before they were adults and survived 6 total and still persevered. I think that is why I have little patience for what my generation feels are hardships when I look back on her.

2. I hope I am known for being a little like her or my grandmother who took over running a bar when her husband died and she had 4 children at home. Very tough, religious women who would throw a full grown man out of her bar for bad language.

Bonus : I think I am scared to know.

[186momx]

1. My dad's mom. She was the best and had a hard life but kept on going and even when the cancer got bad she was still happy and smiling.

2. ?

Bonus...over organized...I always want to plan things out and schedule things in advance and that just doesn't seem to happen very much these days.

[waverly]

1. I don't have a specific person hero. I like a lot of the historical figures and fictional characters are fun too.

2. Maybe Kind

3. I think former friends thought they could walk all over me for a while, but learned differently when I kicked them to the curb for being mean. I think now I am also known for not getting rattled easy. Several of my co-workers have told me (which is kind of rude) that I seem so calm that I must be on drugs. I am not on any drugs (prescription or illegal). I just don't have an anxiety disorder, and I think several of them do and compare themselves to me, so I will look more calm than them.   I think they have an anxiety disorder because literally every conversation turns into them saying they are anxious. I also don't share my personal drama in the workplace. So those that do share their drama might think I don't have any drama going on. Besides my parents divorcing I came from a very stable home life as a kid which I think set a good emotional foundation.

[traveltheworld]

1. I don't have one.
2. Being a loving person.
3. Neurotic and kind of a control-freak.

[sunbutter]

1. I thought about this for awhile and didn't have an answer immediately. There are many people I admire and try to learn from. None that immediately scream hero to me.
Then I remembered Oprah. In my mind, she gains hero status because she started with little in poor circumstances and used education to work her way up. She was obviously successful and at the same time, actively tries to give back. I admire people who value philanthropy.

2. Kind and smart

3. Smart but I don't think kind comes to mind. I have high expectations of people and have no poker face.

[erinshelley21]

1. I admire a lot of people but I don't have any heroes.
2. I want to be known for being a happy and positive person.
Bonus: to some I'm the caretaker and to others I am the funny one that likes to drink lol

[billie]

1. My grandma. I've talked about her before, but she was a scientist, got divorced in the sixties and raised two kids while working full-time. She went to school overseas by herself in the fifties when that was unheard of. She's the best.

2. Having a welcoming home where everyone can come over and hang out

3. Being a good, empathetic listener and a terrible, terrible liar

[ilovelucyvv]

1. I'll also go with my grandmother, who is now deceased. She has a widow most of her life (60 years) and was strong enough to raise her 3 kids by herself without a man. She also only had about a 6th grade education and that didn't stop her.

2. For being a working mom who is both successful at work and raising her kids right

3.For being easy to read my emptions/thoughts (still working on my poker face)

[twinmomma]

1. Who is your hero, and why?
I'm not really sure. There are a bunch of women I look up to, but I don't know that I have an official "hero." For inspiration, I'd totally recommend the book Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls.

2. If you could be known for one thing among your friends and family, what would it be?
For having my shit together - being a strong career woman who is also raising a good family. (Which is probably why I put so much pressure on myself)

Bonus: What are you actually known for?
Being a mom of twins. It's now my "claim to fame." Kind of sucks sometimes.

[justcheckingin73]

1. I don't have a person that I consider a hero, or I haven't thought about it too much, but in general, I admire people who are authentic. It's something I struggle with. 

2. I'd like to be known as classy and put together. I'm neither - not that I'm not classy or sometimes put together but thinking of some women who I think are both, I think I have a ways to go to reach that status. 

Bonus: I don't know. Maybe quiet or reserved. 

[judyblume14]

1. I don't have a hero, per se. But I do admire women who manage to work to have-it-all (or at leaset"have most of what they want in life").

2. I'd like to be known for being a helper.

Bonus - At work, I'm definitely known as a helper. In social and family life? I'm probably best known for being a nice girl with a foul mouth.

[erinshelley21]

Jul 12, 2017 8:09:53 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

1. I don;t have a hero, per se. But I do admire women who manage to work to have-it-all (or at lease "have most of what they want in life")

2. I'd like to be known for being a helper

Bonus - At work, I'm definitely known as a helper. In social and family life? I'm probably best known for being a nice girl with a foul mouth.

Also me. I blame my father for the foul mouth.

[xctsclrx]

1. I don't have a hero.

2. I don't even know, probably smart and being a good mom

3. I really don't want to know. People know I am smart, but I have been told that I come across as stuck up. I speak with proper grammar and I don't have a southern accent, but I live in the south. I don't know how much of it is culture, but now I agonize over emails, and conversations so I don't sound stuck up.

[saraml13]

1. Like a lot of people, I really admire my maternal grandmother. She had a tough life, but always persevered. Her first husband died during the Great Depression, leaving her with two young children and they got kicked out of their apartment. She moved back in with family and went to work as a stenographer to support her family. A decade later, she married my grandfather, who she also outlived. She had 3 more kids, including a daughter who was hit and killed by a car at 7 and a son with mental illness.

2. I want to be known as a person who gets things done and is reliable. I want people to know that my yes means yes and my no means no.

3. I'm probably partly known for the above, but that gets overshadowed by my reputation as a "smart" person. I don't flaunt it, but my extended family are all impressed / intimidated that I have an engineering degree and an MBA from top programs.

[mellym]

1. I can't think of anyone that I would consider a hero.

2. Kindness, strong career woman but I still put family first. I want my girls to know that they can do anything.

3. I'm the organized planner (plan all of our outings and vacations with family and friends) and everyone always comments that I'm so patient and seem like I have it all together. I'm organized but don't feel like I always have it together.

[dglvrk2]

1. My dad comes to mind as my hero. He's kind to everyone and has given up so much throughout his life for others.

2. I'd like to be know for being a good listener. I'm not comfortable giving advice, but I want others to feel comfortable telling me anything.

Bonus: I think some of my friends and family to confidential in me more than in others; to them.i am the good listener. I'm also the black sheep and the one who *had* to do thinks differently according to some family members.

[HeartofCheese]

1. There are a lot, but I must be really fickle because I can't remember any of them. But I met a district court judge once through my job and during our first conversation he asked me how I got to where I am and what my hopes and dreams were. At the time, we had finally gotten to the end of a long struggle so I was really just happy to have a job and just start living. So I stuttered and blew off his questions with some jokes. I ended up finding out a lot about his life and who he was and it was finally impressed upon me how people do such different things with the time they have to live their lives. I always had a very abstract view of "successful people" and sort of lumped them together as having always been successful or just being in the right place at the right time. This judge made me realize that there are some people who are always working on accomplishing something and their accomplishments just get bigger and bigger and bigger. So while I wouldn't say this judge is my hero, he made a very indelible imprint with every conversation we had - even though most of the time I was pissing him off because of the position I was in.

2. No airs, no facades, no ulterior motives, no insincere flattery, no bullshit - just kind.

3. Kind, but flaky and preoccupied. And also MIA almost all the time.

[kimberlybb]

1. Who is your hero, and why? My dad. He is one of the smartest people I know, extremely generous, and just a fabulous guy in general.

2. If you could be known for one thing among your friends and family, what would it be? Hospitality. I love entertaining and making people feel welcome in our home.

Bonus: What are you actually known for? My cooking and probably my type “A” tendencies