There are lots of hero's in life. Movie stars, sports stars, police officers, teachers, firemen and many more but my hero is A nine year old girl and her name is Cassie Fruck. She is my Aunt Kate’s youngest daughter. Cassie lives in Ancaster and we see her and her big sister Julia, Mom and Dad all of the time.
They have a trailer on the lake where my Grama’s trailer is . Cassie loves to ride her bike, play on the swings and in the play ground. She took private swimming lessons last year and over came her big fear of water. Now she jumps in and splashes and laughs. Cassie is friendly to everyone. She says everybody is her friend. She has big brown eyes and she smiles and laughs a lot. She wants to do all of the things I do. I help her with basket ball, jumping on our trampoline and she likes to play baseball with me. I ride my bike around the park and she goes with me. She has a special bike , but she still needs to work hard pedalling to get anywhere.
Cassie wears a brace on her left leg and foot and has a hand brace. She was born with Cerebal palsy. Cass had a bleed in her brain before she was born. After birth they had to do surgery on Cass and put a thing called a shunt in her brain to let off the fluid. On the x-ray we could see the big hole in part of her brain. She got real sick and just about died a couple of months later. They changed the shunt and that saved her. Cassie did not learn to walk for a long time. She has had different casts on and off of her hand and foot She goes to therapy every week and has done this for years. She has to practice everything that I do easily over and over to be able to get it right. She has spent alot of time in hospitols and Doctor’s offices .
The reason Cassie is my hero is she never lets life get to her. She tries hard to do everything and she is happy when she can do even a little bit of what she is trying to do. She never complains that she can not do stuff. She always says she will try harder, no matter how hard she is already trying. Cassie may not grow up to be a doctor or a lawyer but I know Cassie will grow up to do things that help other peoples life be better. That is why my cousin Cassie is my hero.
Tylor in the blue hat holding his younger sister Sarah. All the cousins at Christmas. Cassie to the right holding her youngest cousin Bella. Carly, Julia, Cole and Emily. 
What a lovely tribute this young man has written! I really enjoyed reading his article.
ReplyDeleteHow true it is that Cassie just keeps on trying!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful words.