My strength over the years made me a very proud mom of Private First Class Brian Bird.  He went through boot camp over a year ago then he went to Afghanistan for a year.  He got pinned with a purple heart in March 2012.  He lost men...friends in his platoon but is still the caring, giving happy person I loved when he left.  He is the strongest 23 year old I know.  When I need insperation I look at him.  I think of him and I get out of bed in the morning... go to the gym... push myself to be a better person.  He went jogging just now.  I'm going to do some pushups!