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A person that not only have I encountered, but who has been with me for the last twenty years and has had a great effect on my life is my father. No matter what, my father has always been there for me. Before I was born my dad broke his back at work and was out of a job for fifteen years. I felt awful that he had gotten hurt, but I am also happy because fourteen out of those fifreen years he was out of work he was always around to take care of me. My dad is always doing whatever he can to make my family and I happy and as a teenager I took most of it for granted. hwever, the last couple of years I think I have grown up a lot and now I am a lot like my father because now I want to do anything to make him happy, also I realized if it was not …show more content…

The rest of the summer I spent more time with my dad then I did in the past four years. We played baseball, went crabbing, helped him cook, watched the yankees, and everything else we did when I was younger and even though some things were boring to me then I still enjoyed them because I was with my dad and it made him happy.
One month later I was in college, everything was good at home, and most importantly I got my most influential best friend back, my dad. I wouldn't be half the person I am today if it wasn't for him and my motivation to do good in school now, is not to become Derek Jeter and make myself happy it is to make my father happy becasue he deserves it. He is the best father a son could ask

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