Who has inspired you the most in your life? ( Archived) (39)

Of all the people in my life I would have to say my daddy has inspired me the most. He was strong and he endured much pain and sickness in his later years of life. When i was in the first grade this drunk man has improperly loaded a 1500lbs aluminum coil on a tow motor. when my dad was checking it in to be sent out it rolled off and landed on his foot. Instead of removing his foot, the doctors remade it out of artifical parts, skin grafts, and muscles from his back. He had a severe heart attack on the operating table. Needless to say, he was permenately disabled. Afer numerous operations he had a massive stroke when i was in the third grade. This took away the one thing he enjoyed doing and he was very good at. He could never make music again, but he kept trying to get his dexterity back. He only attempted to play at home. Then we he had to have his foot amputated, w/out being put to sleep, when i was in the 12th grade. He later got his prothethic leg and wouldn't leave the house until he could walk w/out a cane! He later had the opposite hip broke, congestive heart failure, multiple heart attacks, and he ended up on kidney dialysis. He never stopped driving and he never gave up. On Sept 28, 1998 he died of a massive heart attack. He will always be my strenght when life is at it's worse.

My mother and my father have both been true inspirations to me.

My dad was and still is my inspiration;he passed in '05.
I was a daddy's girl growing up,I got my way most of the time.
However,being one of 13,my mom and dad always treated us
equally and loved us just as equally.I was named after my grandfather,maybe that's the reason my dad paid special attention to me and spoiled me.
Miss you.

Winston Churchill.

I think its him I have to thank for my

dogged determinedness and never say die attitude.

Al Bundy..

I don't care what anybody says; that was funny!

I would have to name my father. He has always been driven and worked for everything he has. He is still alive and I probably don't tell him how much he means to me but he knows. While I didn't always feel that way and I had a lot of resentment towards him when I was younger I can understand a lot better having a child of my own. He has been through a lot and came out on top he is experiencing difficulties now and he never gives up he strives to make his situations better everyday and he knows how to work hard.