Not THAT kind of hero!

Come Home to the Country | Jenn J. McCleod

As writers of fiction we conjure up heroes on a regular basis.

I don’t use the word hero loosely, and unlike the media and certain sports commentators, I don’t attach the ‘hero’ label to just anyone.

Today I did.

Today I heard from two very different types of heroes who told me about even more real-life heroes:

1. those generous people who have planned to say ‘OK’ to organ and tissue donation to save lives, and 
2. those who say ‘OK’ to donating despite grieving the unexpected loss of a loved one.

In the name of research for book three – Season of Temperance – I attended a presentation by North Coast Area Health’s Organ and Tissue Donation Nurse, Anne Judd, and liver transplant recipient, Adam Gilmore.
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