Everyone needs a hero. Someone to pick you up when you fall. Someone to look you in the eyes, though they don't say anything, you feel strength suddenly radiating off of you. In my opinion, this is what Christmas is about, what winters about. For some God is their hero. For some their parents are their hero. For some you need to be your own hero. A hero lies in you. Remember that. 

Read this winter story of hope from a heroes, one in herself and one in the people around her. How the girl transferred from the winter shivering to the spring joy..