My Father: The Definition Of Selfless

For You Selfless: concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one’s own; unselfish. My father Kris is the definition of selfless. Hardships and obstacles have been thrown at my father left and right his entire life, yet he still cares more about others than himself. He is my best friend, rock, and biggest supporter. My father is a family loving, baseball loving man, who just lives his life for the Lord. He has worked extremely hard to get where he is today. Growing up my father did not have a favorable childhood. His father was constantly getting remarried, and his father’s wives were anything but kind to my father and his siblings. For a lot of his meals, all that his father would give him was just a slice of bread and one piece of meat. On the first day of school he would just send my father and his siblings to school with no school supplies, making it so others had to provide supplies for them. My father was humiliated daily by his father’s actions. Ever since my father was a young boy he has been a hard worker. When my dad was in high school he got two different jobs just so he could buy …show more content…
He cannot stand it when my siblings or I complain. He tells us kids that we all have so much, and we take almost everything for granted. One time I asked my father how he did it. He was confused by that question so I asked him, “Dad, how did you do it? How did you get away from him? How did you get yourself out of the trailer park, and build our family such a beautiful house?” My father looked me right in the eyes and told me that he could not have done it without God, and my mother. He then told me that ever since my brother Gabe was born he made the decision to do everything in his power to give my siblings and I a better childhood than he had. My father was blessed enough to get a job that he has a passion for. He has climbed his way up to the top at