Great Story of the Week

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Too many times I'm forced to write and complain a bit about the state of the world.

That's unfortunate because every day there are common folk out there doing heroic things, but never receiving credit.

Of course I will continue with the D.B. of the week, but I will also try to come up with a good story each week...you know...

To renew our faith in mankind.

Football is taking it's lumps...in the real world and here as well, but reading through I saw a great story the other day.

Ma'ake Kemoeatu was a football player with the Baltimore Ravens.

You know that team...they built a statue of a guy who was involved in a double-murder. It was their number one running back who decked his wife in the elevator.

Well...none of that had anything to do with Ma'ake Kemoeatu.

Ma'ake retired from the team...in the middle of his career...so that he could

(get this)

donate a kidney to his younger brother, Chris.

Chris was also a football player. He played for the Steelers on two Super Bowl winning teams, but his career was cut short by the kidney disease.

Ma'ake came through for him.

He quit the Ravens and did so to help his brother. The oldest of 7 kids Ma'ake said that it was his responsibility.

As I read the article I felt good when the two brothers talked about their family, and what's important.

It wasn't football...

...or the big contract...

...or the Super Bowl.

It was family.

And helping one another.

Both men are doing well. They have another 6 weeks to heal and then they are going to move to Hawaii and just hang out. Ma'ake said that he didn't care at all that his career had to come to a close.

He spoke only of his love for his younger brother.

And Chris?

What did he have to say to Ma'ake?

"I love you, man."

Perfect.

Now back to Peterson, Rice, Hardy and Goodell...

...men who suck compared to Ma'ake Kemoeatu and Chris Kemoeatu.

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