Who Do You Admire Most??

[SKJA124]

Is there one certain person in your life that you admire the most??
For me, it's definitely my boyfriend.
He's been through a LOT, and he's so brave it makes me cry every time I think of all he's had to endure.
He tries so hard to succeed, and is always nice to others and trying to make everyone else happy. He's such a great person to be around, and I admire him so much, just like I love him with all my heart.<3
What about you??

 

[bananda]

i dont now who i admire most but i definately admire my old youth pastor and his wife alot. they had a baby about a year and a half ago and all through the pregnancy, the baby was given less than 1% chance of survival. even though they were advised to terminate the pregnance, they kept the baby and now he's really healthy and walking. he still has a colostomy bag and stuff but he's a walking miracle. the whole time, this couple have remained very strong in their faith and even though they did ask "why me" sometimes. their strength amazes me.

 

[SKJA124]

i dont now who i admire most but i definately admire my old youth pastor and his wife alot. they had a baby about a year and a half ago and all through the pregnancy, the baby was given less than 1% chance of survival. even though they were advised to terminate the pregnance, they kept the baby and now he's really healthy and walking. he still has a colostomy bag and stuff but he's a walking miracle. the whole time, this couple have remained very strong in their faith and even though they did ask "why me" sometimes. their strength amazes me.

Wow. That's incredible!

 

[bananda]

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24870600-2682,00.html

this is a newspaper article in case your interested. its more detailed than i wrote and has a picture

 

[PurpleDucky]

My mom.

 

[life of the party]

Oprah & Sonya.

 

[imabrat]

Oprah & Sonya.

Hah, thank you.


This might sound arrogant, but I admire myself. Like, when I look for strength I look to myself. When I'm going through a tough time and feel like I can't get out, I look to my past. I've beaten cancer in my short 15 years of life. If I can do that, I can handle anything that comes my way.

And my mom. Just because. I know it's cliche and that "everyone admires their mom", but I really do.

 

[Tinkerbell424]

I admire anyone who's been through a whole heck of a lot, and can still get up in the morning and put a genuine smile on their face.

 

[bananda]

Hah, thank you.


This might sound arrogant, but I admire myself. Like, when I look for strength I look to myself. When I'm going through a tough time and feel like I can't get out, I look to my past. I've beaten cancer in my short 15 years of life. If I can do that, I can handle anything that comes my way.

And my mom. Just because. I know it's cliche and that "everyone admires their mom", but I really do.

wow you sound pretty inspirational i dont think you sound arrogant at all

 

[MushuGirl06]

I admire my dad, my nana and my grandpop.

My dad taught me everything I know about sports and it has played a HUGE roll in my life. He is always there and is so strong the only time i have ever seen him cry about anything was when my nana and grandpop died; but i mean everyone dies when their parents pass away. My grandpop, I just love him. He helped me with all my school work when i needed it especially history because he had a passion for it and was a history teacher. He also watched me since i was a little baby while my parents were at work so we kind of had like this special bond. He would always make me a grilled cheese with the crust cut off with a pickle and bbq chips on the side everyday while me and my nana watched the price is right together! He was also in the Vietnam War which is so cool to me! My nana was always there for me. When I would come over in the morning and me and my dad would have a fight before she got there she was always the first to help us get through it. I was their first grandchild so all three of us pretty much had a special bond. She even went on BTMRR when she didnt even know it was a roller coaster until she got to the front of the line and looked back at my dad and she still went on it for me even thought she HATED rollercoasters, it was the best.

 

[Sparx]

my mom.

she was 19 when she had me, on welfare and we were living in a ghetto. she was a highschool drop out too.

today she's making great money, drives a new car, and we live in a house. i've never been left wanting. she also has her bachelors degree and is working on her masters.

 

[Disney Dork]

I admire my mom the most out of everyone.

Both of her parents died of cancer when she was a child. Her mother died when she was about thirteen (I think) and then her father died of cancer a few years later. When they died, she was left with more money than the rest of her siblings because of the fact that they were out of school and she wasn't yet. To my mom's brothers and sisters tho, money is EVERYTHING so they weren't too happy about it and when she had to go live with her older brother and his wife they actually made her pay them rent. She was also beat up by her other brother and the rest of her family did nothing to stop it.

She had to deal with all of that until she met my dad and was able to move in with him to get away from it all. And then they got married and had me and these bone headed doctors diagnosed me with a birth defect and said that more than likely I'd become mentally retarded and never be able to keep up with people my age (which NEVER happened. Things haven't always been easy for me-no-but I've dealt with it). She's had to fight doctors, teachers and lord knows who else for me and without her behind me...I honestly don't know how I would have been able to get through all the medical stuff on my own.

And she STILL does things like that for me. Even over the summer when something went wrong, she was there for me. She forced me to go to the hospital, even though I was screaming at her and saying all kinds of horrible things (that I don't even remember saying-I was completely out of it and lost two days of my memory then). She was even there, sitting at the end of my bed and comforting me when I woke up after every surgery I've had.

I have no idea where she gets all of her strength from. She has been through so much in the past it's insane and, although she may drive me absolutely insane sometimes, I love her more than everyone else in the world combined.

 

[Captain Brain]

i dont now who i admire most but i definately admire my old youth pastor and his wife alot. they had a baby about a year and a half ago and all through the pregnancy, the baby was given less than 1% chance of survival. even though they were advised to terminate the pregnance, they kept the baby and now he's really healthy and walking. he still has a colostomy bag and stuff but he's a walking miracle. the whole time, this couple have remained very strong in their faith and even though they did ask "why me" sometimes. their strength amazes me.

That is amazing.

I admire my pastor most. He was in a really bad car crash on Friday, he broke seven ribs. He's been really strong through this. He has so much faith in Jesus Christ that it's astounding to me.

 

[STOPxmickeytime]

My grandpa.

He was left a single parent after my grandma died, with 4 kids from age 5-19.
And when he noticed that there started to be negative influences in the neighborhood, he asked his family (that he had never asked a favor from) to PLEASE loan him money so he could move his family. They all said no. I don't know how he did it, but on an NYPD detective's salary, and having spent all their money on my grandma's extensive doctor's bills, he scrounged up enough to move his family 10 blocks away, and it made all the difference.

My dad had 4 cousins, the same age as his brothers and sister, that lived in their old neighborhood. They didn't move. And one committed suicide, one's in jail, and two are drug addicts.
On the other hand, my dad and his siblings all went on to become successful, well-rounded business people with healthy families.

But my Grandpa's perserverance wasn't what I really admired most about him.
It was his complete selflessness. When he got diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, he was consoling everyone ELSE.
And he could always turn a negative into a positive. Never ONCE did I see him upset. He always had a smile, and could always make me laugh.

And he was so creative. I don't know how he found the time raising 4 kids on his own and working full-time, but he did beautiful carpentry, just for fun.
And taught me how to draw. As well as instilled in me my love for reading.

I don't know really how to sum up why he's my influence. I guess it really comes down to his courage, and the fact that everyone he met was touched by him. He helped everyone, and didn't ask for anything in return.

 

[chisnpeke]

I admire my mom, my grandparents, and people who have overcome big obstacles (disease, accidents, disability). They are all so much stronger and braver than I am. I only hope I could have half of the strength of the people I admire do.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24870600-2682,00.html

this is a newspaper article in case your interested. its more detailed than i wrote and has a picture

Aw, they are a cute little family. I'm glad he's doing so well.

 

[Huit]

My mom's second cousin's husband. So I guess he would be my second cousin once removed in law. For various reasons.
& Bandana's youth pastor.

 

[3mtn-kate]

i admire my friend heather the most i think. i only see her once a year but her friendship has meant more to me than a lot that i've knows for years

her dad left her mom when her mom was pregnant and left them with nothing. as she was growing up she had awful self image issues and was passed from therapist to therapist who tried to help her, but she wouldn't listen. and eventually she bacame anorexic, she's about 5'3 and at the start of her disease she weighed about 110 pounds so she was no where near overweight or anything. eventually she had to go to the hosipital, at that point she weighed 72 pounds (her goal was 70 and at 68 her body would have shut down and she would have died.)

all throughout her time in the hospital she was very stubborn and wouldn't listen to anyone, until her pastor came in and started reading to her from the bible and talking to her about god and stuff. that completely brought her out of it and she started to eat again, it almost makes me cry to just relive this story and everything.

anyways i just admire her strength and now she is healthy and still as involved with her faith as she was when she was in the hospital.




I actually met her on a mission trip for my church...i miss her a lot.

 

[pigletgirl]

Ummm. My aunt and dad.

 

[Axel]

Everytime I think I can't do something, I remind myself that Lance Armstrong beat cancer and still won the Tour de France 6 (7?) times. I remind myself that Sonya beat cancer as a teenager- far more difficult than anything I've done. I remind myself that Anderson Cooper watched his dad die at 10, then had his brother commit suicide when he was only 19 (I'm pretty sure his brother was 19. I'm too lazy to go make sure, though), yet he's still an award winning journalist that actually gives a **** about the stuff he reports on.

I admire Henry David Thoreau because he stood up and spoke out against something he thought was wrong and was jailed for it.

I don't admire my parents. Because neither of them have ever shown me anything to be admired. My mother is spiteful of me (going so far as to telling me that I was a complete accident and that she didn't want me when she first got pregnant, but because she didn't believe in abortion had me anyway. But I guess I should feel loved that she picked me over a new convertible). My dad drinks and watches TV/Movies all day. </rant>

 

[tinkerbelle22]

My dad, because of all he's been through. He grew up in what is basically Spanish Harlem, with his parents and cousins. His dad left his mom when he was about 17, and after that things went downhill. He actually became an alcoholic when he was in his late twenties and early thirties, and even though he had to go to rehab twice, he eventually stopped drinking so he could be with my mom. My dad also founded a famous Latino rights group before he met my mom. The group was protesting the Vietnam war, and my dad actually ended up getting arrested. But now, he tells me he's proud for standing up for what he believed in, no matter what he had to go through. He's a news reporter for CBS in NY now, and he's known as one of the most well-respected reporters in the business, which is really awesome. But this summer was extremely scary, and he showed our family how brave he is. He got in a major car accident in May, and broke a few ribs. Then in July, he had a pretty serious heart attack, and came close to dying. I don't think I ever really appreciated how great my dad is before this summer. One day I went on his website, and I saw dozens and dozens of messages left by people who watch him on the news, who were worried about him after the heart attack. There were so many nice things said about him, and so many people who really cared about him. Honestly, my dad can definitely get on my nerves sometimes, just like any other teenager's dad can. But I try every day to appreciate the courage and perseverance that he has due to everything he's been through in life.