Outside of your Parents......

My children have had the greatest influence on my life aside from my parents. My love for them has made me strive to do better, to be a better person, to care about the planet and the society I have brought them into. Through their youthful eyes I have recaptured the wonder and the beauty that can still be found in our world despite how ugly it can appear at times.

the one who greatly influences me today is my husband. he is my role model. he has the characteristics and qualities that i think i need, such as integrity, loyalty and credibility. i really admire him, his courage and confidence, technique in facing life, his love for his family.

my husband has been my greatest influence in life. he's like my friend, philosoper, guide. my parents'influence on me were always negative. (that's what i feel now) being an only child, they (specially my mom) were always over-protective, they had an advice for everthing and would always push and prod me to aim for the stars. result being, forget the stars, i could not even climb trees without seeking their help. the only good thing i ever did on my own was marry my husband of 10yrs without their explicit approval. what a world of good that has done me really. for the first time in my life, i was free... to think, act, dress, feel, enjoy life at my own terms. my confidence, which was nil, has gradually increased to such a point that i do actually enjoy making friends (without first bringing them home for approval) and chatting with all and sundry without being tongue-tied. i've learnt the value of making mistakes in life and learning from them. i know that whenever i fall, he is there to pick me up without admonishing me. he is like the parents which mine never were. i could go on and on about his contributions to my life, but i know that by now, you are simply bored. so i'll just sign up saying that yes, i am one of those lucky few, who met someone later in life and who changed their life for better.

I was influenced by my mother in law. I definately did not want to bring up my kids the way she brings up her ones. I also did not want her attitude to life and family. It has made me stronger and more determined to always show my children how much they are loved and that I will always be there for them. My husband has psychiatric problems because of my mother in law so I would never do that to any of my kids.

besides myparents i have been influenced by my friends...it makes me to work hard inorder to achieve my ambitons in life

My parents were great but they both worked. My grandma lived just a fewe houses away. I went up every morning and had tea and toast with her. She took me to church and taught me to sew. I became disabled a while back and she decided to teach me to crochet. She makes beautiful afghans. She turned 100 last month and is still going strong.

aside from my parents influence, my sister. in my younger years, high years i must specify, she's the one taking care of me because i have to live downtown to study high school there. my sister lives downtown while my parents in a country side. so my sister did all what my parents should have when im with her. she taught me a lot of things, positive or negative. i learned a lot when i was with her. its helping me now as growing alone. she's living out of town now. it saddened me actually because now that i have to live alone and have nobody to lean to that immediate. my parents are an hour travel away so i cant just go home and talk to them. so there.. my sister has the second biggest influence in my life.

My family and close friends were an influence to men, but I think I naturally have a mind and a will of my own and my family knows it, but they do not know how to stop me. Like they can. I am my own woman.

I think that a nurse that use to work over me when I started working at a nursing home had a lot of influence over me. I was very unsure of myself and I believe she helped me gain confidence. She made me feel like I was doing a good job and I think that made me do a better job.

actually i havent been influenced by anyone...i dont consider my parents influences in the process of my childhood..our family is not perfect got some flaws with regards to relationships of the members involved and i seen it as i matured and have a family of my own...and i promised to my self that all that in my own family im gonna work it out well...its my ideals of what a family is perceived to be...

my grandmother too was the one who has influenced me the most ...she taught me how fry chicken like no other ,how to can pears ,and make the best pear cobbler out of them ...also to quilt and make the tops and quilt them all by hand ...I still qult today and have many quilts around ...even one that is now in Moldva ...she was always there if I need to ask a question and she would tell me like it was ...not some hyped up story ...her own from her heart and some of her own experiences in life .My grandmother is no longer on earth with me but all her meriers are still here today ... she was the greatest woman I have ever met ....

my friends.....they were the one who stood up by me during my downest moment....they were the one who laughed with me when times were good......they really are my sisters not in blood but in spirit...

My very bestfriend. I have a lot of friends. Close friends, casual friends, school friends. But my one and only bestfriend is different and special. I've known her since were little girls. But our friendships heightened by the time we reached high school. Not one single moments can I ever remember that we got into a fight nor argue. We sort of complemented each other despite our differences. She has a shoulder that I could easily lean on. Her ears are always open to hear my problems. And her heart has nothing but compassion, kindness and generous to less fortunate ones. She also played an important role in where I stood right now. We know that true friends are rare and hard to find. But I'm always grateful to have her in my life.

I had a teacher that inspired me to follow my lifes passion, film. I never thought that I could write a screenplay or even an article on film, she showed me that I not only could, but that I would be good at it. She helped me to understand the meanings and learn the vocabulary that I needed to express things that I could already see and feel in the movies that I was watching. I loved her classes, I would look through the course catalog and sign up for anything she taught. I learned a lot, not only about film, but about myself, about my own passions in life and why they were important to nurture. I love you Dawn, wherever you are!

Besides parents, evryone does have someone who influences us, and teachers r the major ones...... The same is the case with me, I remember most of my high school teachers and also few others who were ideal persons and i often used to refer to them as the role models........

ya my gandmaa too helped me understand things and sort out problems in a very super cool way.

I would choose my grandfather who somehow managed to keep a truly crazy family together through good times and bad ,who was always there to lend an ear when he was needed Now he is gone i miss him so much!

so let us be care and prave. do u agree