On Sunday, he hosted 100 mothers of critically and chronically ill children in the third annual TendHer Heart Luncheon at the Omni Severin hotel Downtown. Each of the mothers has children who are hospitalized.
“A lot of times, a mom bears the burden of the work as far as dealing with the children who are sick,” he said. “I just want to give those moms some credit, to show that the community cares about them, we recognize what they do.
“They’re very special, not just for the kids but everyone. I just wanted to give them a pick-me-up.”
Brackett, 29, lost both of his parents and a brother in a span of 16 months beginning in 2003. He honors them with his commitment to charity, which earned him the NFL’s Arthur S. Arkush Humanitarian Award last season.
“One thing I read that stood out to me was, ‘The way you honor the dead is how you live,’ ” he said. “Since that day, I’ve always honored my parents by living my life according to what they taught me. Every day, when I do these things, I smile because I know they would be proud of me and be very encouraged by what I’ve done with my life.”
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