Reviews for The Size of a Hero
FlaFan chapter 6 . 4/22/2015
Fine story! Love little Jen making her wedding plans! :D
sb4ever chapter 5 . 10/1/2014
Very cute! Great idea to have Jenny be the jr. Paramedic. Kids can and do surprise us eith how observant they are and what they're capable of doing. Great story!
AlexaMarquisa chapter 6 . 10/17/2013
Touching and sweet story. Good capture of the way a five-year old thinks. And the love of a father.
SaraiEsq chapter 6 . 8/18/2012
Nicely done.
TheNaggingCube chapter 6 . 3/5/2012
This was fantastic in every little and big way. I think you captured Jenny's voice and spirit spot on for this story.

And Roy's anguish over not being able to protect or rescue his daughter... really well done.
Neemps chapter 6 . 8/15/2011
Powerful story! So cute that Johnny calls Jenny "Kiddles". I used to play with "Little Kiddles" dolls when I was a kid in the 60s.
Reading Nut Cassirole chapter 6 . 8/19/2010
wow wat a great story

keep up the good work :)
Hotflash chapter 6 . 7/25/2009
Masterfully done! I could NOT stop reading. And LAUGHING! I was so hooked that when I had to leave the computer to go somewhere, I printed the story to read in the car (I HOPE that was not a no-no). Anyway, while the car was stopped at a store and I was the only one inside, I rolled down the windows and grabbed your story to read while I waited for my husband to return. When I got to Jenny's description of the heimlich maneuver I laughed out loud, very loudly. It attracted a lot of attention!

You have done a great job with the characters, both the guys we all know and love, and the kids. Your descriptions of the emergencies and how they progress are very good. I cannot say that from a technical standpoint because I am certainly not qualified but I found them to be believable and interesting.

I hope to see a lot more "Jenny as Hero" stories in the future! Oh, I also am a huge Roy fan so I greatly appreciate your stories about him and his family.

Keep it up! Thanks for sharing!
TrishG chapter 6 . 6/28/2009
thanks for the rest of the story...
Elf chapter 6 . 6/28/2009
That was a very good story! :) Thanks for sharing. I love Roy and there are so few really good Roy stories out there. :-/

On a technical note, if you're interested, I spotted a couple of typos. "She climbed under the shed to due that" should be "do" instead and in this chapter, when Hank calls Roy "Pal" there's an extra L on the word. Also, you said someone was "usurping" the boy's mother and brother into the ambulance. Usurp means to take something that is not rightfully yours by force or trickery (the throne of a country, usually). Maybe you meant "urging" instead?

Anwyay, great story! Keep up the good work! :)
ukfan101 chapter 6 . 6/28/2009
great idea for a story...and the little morality play in it as well...Got me thinking about my "first aid" training and how I haven't recertified in such a long time..good job
Kathey0607 chapter 6 . 6/27/2009
That was a tough call But unlike the switch man there were others there to care for Jenny and return her to her Father.

Though the comparison is accurate and more so as our children grow up and head out into the world to give their lives for the peace and safety of others.

My we all feel the loss of a Fireman, Policeman, Military personal or any one who offers service to others at a personal risk.
caseymac42 chapter 6 . 6/27/2009
I enjoyed the story a lot. I really liked how you had little Jennifer as the hero...truly living up to the title of the story. And more importantly, I'm glad that there was a happy ending.
mstaz308 chapter 5 . 6/27/2009
Your story about the railroad worker. Reminded me of my Dad's job a signal maintainer. His responsibility before he retired was three bridges on the former Conrail mainline.

One bridge in particular, always had people fishing from it. Several times over the years people have been killed by trains on that bridge. All because they disobey the no trespassing signs in order to go fishing. Everytime he went out on that bridge to do maintanence. He would tell people that were fishing out there they were taking there lives into their own hands. The bridge tenders did the same thing when they were walking out to the tenders house for their shifts. But they were more interested in fishing than listening!

Wendy
Kathey0607 chapter 5 . 6/27/2009
That's right blame it all on me. Snicker Snicker. Poor Johnny and th slivers, At least this time he had Dr. Morton removing them instead of Dixie.
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