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My Unsung Hero

Mary Fran Lyons' Story

My Unsung Hero

Hidden Brain Media

Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Not long after chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, Mary Fran was walking through a mall, self-conscious about losing her hair. Then a stranger came up to her, and told her something that gave her hope.

Transcript

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From Hidden Brain Media, I'm Shankar Vedanta. This is My Unsung Hero,

0:09.3

stories where one person reached out to help another in a time of need.

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My unsung hero is a boy named Spencer.

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He was my son day.

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Julie would drop off soup at our house.

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I look forward to it every one. I would say thank you

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for giving me one of the best gifts of my life. Today's story comes from

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Mary Fran Lyons. A few years from Mary Fran Lyons.

0:33.0

A few years ago, Mary Fran was going through chemotherapy for ovarian cancer.

0:38.0

One day, not long after a chemotherapy session, she went to lunch with a friend at the mall.

0:45.2

And I was bald, of course, having lost all my hair, and I really hated wearing the wig, so

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I would always wear a baseball cap just so I would have something on my head but

0:56.9

You didn't have to look at me very hard to know that no things were not quite right

1:06.3

Anyway, I'm walking along in the mall looking into storefronts and this woman came up to me and she said, I've been sent to tell you that you're going to be okay.

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And I stood there and looked at her and I thought well who sent you?

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I mean who are you and I did not say anything and and she said it again

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you're going to be okay and then she turned and she walked away and I remember turning and looking after her and she looked like a completely normal human being and I don't know who she was I never met her before never heard of her since and I was

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telling a friend of mine about this and she said do you believe in angels? And I said, I do now.

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And she said, you hold that close to your heart.

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And I said, believe you me, I will.

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It has been over 21 years since that happened, And I remember it as clearly as if it happened yesterday.

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If that woman were standing in front of me right now,

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