Caitlyn Jenner: A Hero

Many people have been born with challenges - congenital heart disease, cleft palette, clubfoot, down syndrome, etc. - they were all God's children. Many of these are born into a family and community with loving support. Members of the medical community, with special talents, spend their lives caring for them, working hard to find ways to heal them and work even harder to find ways to help them acclimate into the mainstream. Caitlyn, as well as countless others, have afflictions that aren't seen at birth and can be hidden throughout their lives. They often have to fight their way through on their own and for some it takes a lifetime.

As much as it is difficult to understand, Caitlyn Jenner, is a women and, to many, she is a hero. She is

a hero to every older person who has been hiding a secret they truly believe no one will understand and thought it was too late to address, she is a hero to every adolescent and teen who questions their gender or sexual preference and who is petrified of being judged and ostracized by their family and peers, she is a hero to anyone who has been hiding a truth about who they are because they haven't felt unconditional love anyplace in their life. She is a hero because she has given hope to many and maybe even strength to some.