Childhood Heroes

I've been working on writing a personal history for a long time.  I have several books and searched several websites about writing personal histories.  As you can imagine, by now I've got quite a collection a ideas and questions to help write my personal history.  I've decided to use some of them to help me write these blog posts.  The first one is going to be about childhood heroes.
I can't really think of any particular heroes.  I guess the people that meant the most in my life while I was growing up would be my heroes.  My parents are the first people who come to mind.  They have always been there for me.  They have been a huge part of my life and have been great examples to me.  Their, values, ethics, faith and love have been a stabilizing influence in my life.  I would not be the person I am without this influence.
My parents are both very hard working and very talented.  They are both intelligent and well educated.  I am definitely blessed to have such great examples and support in my life. 
As I mentioned before I grew up very close to my Grandpa and Grandma Purnell.  They have also been a big part of my life.  They have had a big influence on me and as you have seen from my other posts they have been great examples to me as well.
There has also been other family members, friends, church members, and teachers, who have been examples and influenced my life.  I will have to think more about this and may write more later.
As long as I can remember I have had heroes from the scriptures.  I remember beginning to read the Book of Mormon when I was about 9 years old.  I remember reading about Nephi and Lehi.  They became my heroes because they were so strong and faithful.  I wanted to be like them and always follow the Lord and keep his commandments.
In Primary I learned from the examples of Moses, David and Daniel, and of course Queen Esther.  I grew up knowing of the great lives this people lived and knowing that I should try to follow their examples.  What greater examples can a girl have.  I still try to live my life based on the values I learned from my childhood scripture heroes.