Jeanette Cowen

Heroes are people who come into our lives and help us through hard times. People who we can lean on when we are in trouble, or cry on when we are sad. This person can be someone you know well or someone you don't know but you feel has helped you learn something about yourself, or saved you from something. At first my definition of a hero was someone who has performed a single act to save you from something, much different from a role model. However, at this point in my life there is no one I can truly point to and say that he/she is my hero...so I have decided that in some cases, a role model can also be a hero.

My hero is my aunt. She is also my Godmother and my Confirmation sponsor. I feel as though she will always be there for me, and she is like a second mother to me. I know if I need her, I can ask for her help, and she will be right beside me...

Jeanette Cowen was born in 1960 in a small community in Bergen County, New Jersey. She has three sisters, two younger, and one older. Following high school, she attended nursing school where she graduated with her RN (registered nurse.) After she married my uncle (my mother's brother), they eventually moved to Hillsborough, New Jersey. She works as an operating room nurse at Somerset Medical Center, and last year received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seton Hall University. She is active in Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, and enjoys camping. My aunt has been someone I have looked up to all my life. Being my Godmother makes her in a spiritual way my hero even though when I was younger I never realized it. I can consider her to be a hero because she devotes her own life to saving others, and I know she will always help me if I am in trouble.

Anyone can be a hero if they put their heart into helping others. I believe this is what my aunt does and will always do. She will always help anyone, she's a hard worker, she is strong mentally, and very trustworthy. I feel that as I grow older, I will be able trust her with my life and she will always be there for me.

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” - Author Unknown - My aunt is one of those people...