Influential People

Throughout my life I have been influenced by several people in both positive, and negative ways. Many of these people influenced me when I was young and malleable, and that greatly affected my behavior, mindset, and opinion on things while I grew up. Some of these people include my father, who influenced my idea of gender, my mother who influenced me religiously, both of my parents who influenced me politically, Lady Gaga who is part of the media that influenced me, and my dog Furgy that influenced me personally.

From the time I was a child my father placed rigid ideas of what a man and a woman should be. He made me believe that a man, and a woman, should behave, dress, and act a certain way. He told me that a man was supposed to be strong, emotionally hardened, and wasn’t supposed to do feminine things. His ideas of what a man was, made him place certain rules and restrictions on me. He sometimes didn’t allow me to wear chap-stick if it was red or cherry flavored because he thought that it would look like I was wearing or putting on lipstick and it was “too girly.” I also was not allowed to wear flip flop sandals because those were also “for girls.” His strict rules made it to that I could only wear closed toed shoes or sandals, and had to endure severely chapped lips because I used to lick my lips very often. Not that I am older, all of his strict rules are a reminder for me to not be like that to my kids. I try to always be open minded with everything and if something makes my child happy and isn’t harming anyone, then I would allow them to do it. In a more positive way, my father taught me to be respectful to women and to be a gentleman. He would teach me open and hold the door for people, to put my hand in between the eleva...

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... for your family, as I will never get yesterday or this moment back, and we never know when it may be our time to leave this Earth. Tomorrow is never promised, so I must make the best of today, and do all I can to create joyful memories with my family. I have seen how important the simple things are, and have learned to appreciate life’s simple moments.

Up until this point in my life, I have been influenced by my father in regards to gender, my mother in religion, my parents politically, Lady Gaga from the media, and our dog Furgy personally. From this point on until I die, I will be influenced by many people and entities in many different ways. When I was young and easily influenced, the people around me created and set the mold for the person who I am and will be today and tomorrow, and I shall forever have been touched in some way by their presence in my life.