#2 - The True Heroes

We work at an orphanage. We love our job. We love the kids. We have fun with them, teach them English, and help guide them in their lives. However, we do not wake them up in the morning, discipline them when they get in trouble, change their sheets when they wet the bed, do their laundry, or hold them in the middle of the night when they miss home - that is the job of the house parents. They do the hard stuff, we do the fun stuff. If credit is due anywhere for the success of these kids then it should be given first and last to the house parents. Their job is difficult, exhausting, under-appreciated, and pays poorly, but it is for these, the true heroes, that I give thanks this holiday season.