My dad is the owner of an entertainment company, in which every weekend he goes out to weddings and parties. Occasionally I would support my parent by carrying bags or helping to setup. Usually, playing with friends or participating in sports is what I would be doing. When I went with my father to a few events, we both noticed that there were photo booths at the venues. This influenced my father into purchasing a photo booth because it created more business. My dad had not yet bought the photo booth, but he told me on a spring day that I was going to have to help out more frequently. When this information came to me, I was quite worried about how his decision would affect me. I did not realize at the time how I would be affected, whether it
With my father is still strong as I used to be. The only difference now is the fact that the roles are almost flipped. I am not teaching my father to be a good person, but I am protecting him for other things in life. Not literally protecting him, but looking out for his well being and his safety. He comes to me when he needs
My father, William, is a family man who deals with his family before any other individual. William worked 31 years of his life at GM. He went to work at GM to help me head off to college. When it came to helping me with math I could simply request that my father help me. Whenever an item broke, my father would endeavor to restore it. He could rewire most hardware that broke around the house. Reta, my mother, would help me with just about everything. For every one of my years of going to class my mother drove me to school so I would not be late. Regardless of the possibility that Reta needed to drive such a distance out to the Career Center, Reta would blissfully drive out there. In the event that I ever require help with the spelling on my work, Reta was dependably there to help me. The main issue is that Reta knows nothing on the how to run a cell phone. I am asked all sorts of questions ranging from how to utilize a cell phone to asking that I write most of her posts on
Up until now, I had lived a relatively unassuming life in the middle of nowhere Virginia. My dad was is in the military and got to travel all over the world to different bases to teach the United States Military Troops how to best serve our country. I always wished that he would take mom and I with him, but he never did. I don't think it is very fair that we had to stay in boring Virginia while he goes to places like Paris, Tokyo, and Moscow. In fact, he basically doesn't even live with us. I barely get to see him once a year; even for big
Freshman year, I received an award for having the highest overall average in Biology. Receiving the medal led me to believe I could become a marine biologist. However, my father never seemed too interested in my education, or the award. My father never once asked to see a report card. I made excellent grades without the
My dad told us that night at the dinner table that Nebraska furniture mart is trying to restore Nebraska and that even though there getting all this money they get enough money from all they're fabulous furniture. He told us that Nebraska furniture mart was founded in Nebraska, but it has spread across the whole united states of America. Nebraska furniture mart is a very special thing nebraska has because it is very important to have a store with appliances, furniture and a lot more than just that. My dad told us that his old job is opening back up and he is going to get his job back. By the time my dad got his job back 23 companies had opened back up, including walmart, doctors offices, and even some schools had opened back up. My mom soon got her job back because people needed someone to watch their kids during the day, since they have jobs. Infact my mom got more kids, because other people that did daycare hadn’t opened back up by the time she did. One afternoon I went with two of my friends on a bike ride around the park and they told me about the horrid year during this business shortage, and one of my friends pointed out that none of this would have started to come back if it weren't for Nebraska furniture mart. When I got home I heard my sister got a job and she didn’t even have one before all of this happened. Later that month two schools in my school district opened up, but mine was still closed,
Earlier that same week my father came home from work and let us know we would be going to his boss’s house for a simple dinner. They would talk about a few issues occurring at work afterward. My family agreed to the idea and we continued with our normal routine until the day came. We arrived early so we could help out prepare the meal and set the table, however, upon our arrival we realized
I chose my dad as my salesperson because he provides and does so much for my family that I thought it was more than necessary for me to understand all he does and the things he goes through in order to be successful. My dad and I met a little over a month ago at our house because he works from home. My dad and I began the day by discussing what he felt was important when selling his product to other companies as well as difficulties he faces. On that particular day he had a sales call with a company in Amelia, Florida. I felt a little lost when I was listening to the sales call because there were completely over my head, but I took the best notes I could. Once my dads call was over he discussed with me what had happened in the call and I had a better understanding about what went on. After we had finished discussing the call, I headed back to Stillwater. My dad then went to Florida to meet with the company, Amelia Island Equity Club. When he arrived back in Tulsa, we made a point to meet again to discuss what had gone down the meeting with the company. Shortly after, my dad went to Florida again to meet with Amelia Island and once again returned to discuss with me what happened. At this point he had closed the deal. I took more than one trip to meet with my father because I felt that it was important that I experienced the
When I was a pre-teen, my parents were not getting along for various reasons and started arguing often, which ultimately led to their divorce in 2011. I felt a great deal of responsibility because I was an older brother, honor student, and participated in many athletic events or programs at Resaca Middle School. I became
Memory has been and always will be associated with images. As early as 1896, leading psychologists were arguing that memory was nothing more than a continuous exchange of images. (Bergson) Later models of memory describe it as more of an image text; a combination of space and time, and image and word. (Yates) Although image certainly is not the only component of memory, it is undoubtedly an integral and essential part of memory's composition.
Dad was a very stable man, holding the same job at an office furniture retailer for 25 years. In 1985 he decided to take a chance and open his own furniture business, a retail store that competed for sales with the very store where he spent most of his life working. It did not take long to make the new venture a success. Most of my father’s customers from his
From the quarrel, I found that Dad was dismissed last week due to economic downturn and he pretended to go to work every day just to ensure that we were not worried about him. Although Mum earned a lucrative salary every month, this amount of money would be insufficient because of various types of bills and fees which became the main cause of their quarrel. Brainstorming, rushing in my mind was the thought of whether I should give up the tuitions and my favourite piano lesson to cut down the family expenditures? I knew I had the responsibilities to do it. I came out and approached them slowly.
My family was still reeling from a recent divorce, my dad did not seem to want to visit my sister or me, and we had to move; the moving part did not bother me, since I was raised in a military family, but this time we moved and my dad did not
Dad experienced heart complications and underwent a six way by-pass surgery which further complicated his and my mother’s marriage. After the surgery there were many changes in their lives. He was unemployed and refused to make the needed lifestyle changes, and she didn’t want to witness his self-destruction. After visiting him in his apartment and observing his inability to care for himself. John and I made the decision to offer our home to him and assist in caring for him. Dad also
My opinions of my father change along with his mood. My opinions on his past actions are permanent and personal. When my father was in his twenties he became very sick and was diagnosed with a manic-depressive illness commonly known as bipolar disorder. This serious illness is especially exhausting in a family with young children. (Bipolar). This is a genetic disorder that he couldn’t help but acquire. He having these massive changes in mood take a huge toll on my mother. Often he will have
I was standing in the large, wide kitchen along with my mother, father and older brother. My mom looked down at me and asked, “Would you like to move by Aunt Lisa and grandma?” This question as a child was one that I never fully understood, but it was also one that made me excited because I only thought about seeing my aunt and my grandma. That question was never one that I thought would tear my family apart forever. As a young girl, I was oblivious to this situation and did not grasp the gravity of my parent’s decision and how it would change my life. I used to look back and ask myself if my answer to that question would have changed things even though I was only a child. If I would have said no and complained and cried, would my parents have tried harder to keep the marriage together? Would my opinion have changed the outcome of the situation?