Positive Impact

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

One of the men that has made a positive impact in my life was my father. This didn’t not come until my late teens. But I cherish my father. Every father should give his daughter a sense of security, and teach self-reliance as well as provide a strong role for future interactions with men and ultimately contribute to her emotional well-being.

My father just as with all human beings have to deal with their giants. My father had to overcome his battle of alcoholism after my brother drowned at a the age of 12. Alcohol was his coping mechanism for many years.

Later in life my father taught me how to handle the challenges of life. I knew that anything I was dealing with I could talk to him. Sometimes I would go to him before I went to my husband with anything.

When he passed away I was devastated. I was the only one around to make some hard decisions in the hospital which was painful. After he passed I felt completely alone. I hadn’t cried so hard in my life. After his funeral I put all his belongings into boxes and that’s where they sat for 6 years. Until I felt I was strong enough to go through them.

People say you get over deaths of a loved one, but I miss my father horribly everyday. I still cry to this day. And knowing Christmas was his favorite holiday is tough. To this day struggle through Christmas. I see him in the Christmas lights, the opening of Christmas presents, the old time Christmas songs that he loved so much.

Even though I didn’t get to know him until later in life. I cherish the times I had with my father. There is still a tear in my eye and a pain in my heart to know he’s gone. I still feel the little pieces of him that are alive in my heart.