4 Brave Women Who Didn’t Cry at the Doctor’s Office Today Even Though They Had to Get a Shot

Nancy Lawson once saved a 5-year-old girl who fell into the tiger enclosure at the San Diego Zoo. She also volunteers at her local soup kitchen, builds homes with Habitat for Humanity, and protested the war in Vietnam. And at 4:00 PM PST she went to her primary care physician and got a flu shot. “Of course I wanted to cry,” said Nancy, a part-time doula. “But I knew in my heart it was the right thing to do. So I couldn’t cry really. Does that make me a hero? Gosh, who’s to say?” We are, Nancy. And you are.