Everyone has a helene tucker, someone or something that symbolises everything we want to be. “If you light a lamp for someone it will brighten your own path” my step dad Jim Blackwood is my Helene tucker, He has lit a lamp in my life brightening my path toward future goals. As far as I can remember I have wanted to be everything that my father symbolises; having the strength to overcome obstacles life throws at you, unmatched work ethics, and impeccable morals which represents everything i want to be. One of the most important symbols that my father represents is the ability to overcome life's obstacles. Jim's childhood in many ways represented overcoming life's toilsome challenges. Being the son of a single mother can be rough at times
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“Do unto others as you want done to you”, one more he embodies simply because he can be the nicest guy you have ever met until he feels he is being treated unfairly or wrong then hell hath no fury like a jim* scorn he doesn't let people take advantage of his strong work ethic just because he works hard doesn't mean he can be manipulated and treated wrong. This is another on to the lessons i have taken away from him in life because i am willing to do anything someone ask as long as it's the right thing for me to be doing. He is also one of the most honest men i have ever talked to even when he is trying to play a joke on me he won't lie to deceive me. His .0+honesty has been one of his strongest and most upheld chareristicacts i have ever seen in anyone, for example one time we were at a gas station out of town to go fishing at a lake when the person in front of us ad left his wallet on top of the pump i noticed it had a lot of money in it and pointed it out without hesitation he grabbed it and took off running after the man who had just pulled out and was heading down the road he noticed my dad running and pulled over just for this act of high moral standards the man gave my dad 50 dollars since this day forward i have been the same way not because i'm hoping for the same money reward but because i saw the man so happy that the wallet with one of the last pictures of his late wife had been returned, because you never truly understand how important something can be to
“Do unto others as you want done to you”, one more he embodies simply because he can be the nicest guy you have ever met until he feels he is being treated unfairly or wrong then hell hath no fury like a jim* scorn he doesn't let people take advantage of his strong work ethic just because he works hard doesn't mean he can be manipulated and treated wrong. This is another on to the lessons i have taken away from him in life because i am willing to do anything someone ask as long as it's the right thing for me to be doing. He is also one of the most honest men i have ever talked to even when he is trying to play a joke on me he won't lie to deceive me. His .0+honesty has been one of his strongest and most upheld chareristicacts i have ever seen in anyone, for example one time we were at a gas station out of town to go fishing at a lake when the person in front of us ad left his wallet on top of the pump i noticed it had a lot of money in it and pointed it out without hesitation he grabbed it and took off running after the man who had just pulled out and was heading down the road he noticed my dad running and pulled over just for this act of high moral standards the man gave my dad 50 dollars since this day forward i have been the same way not because i'm hoping for the same money reward but because i saw the man so happy that the wallet with one of the last pictures of his late wife had been returned, because you never truly understand how important something can be to