Life Influences

@catalady (363)
August 20, 2010 8:03am CST
Has there been a person or a particular event in your life that has shaped your life or made you want to achieve something in particular? Has there been a particular person who has really influenced you and made you take a particular path in life? When I was young, 12 or 13 I met a girl who had Cerebral Palsy and was confined to a wheelchair - she had severe physical disabilties and learning difficulties. I often used to visit Mandy and interact with her as best I could and she really had a profound influence on me..so much so that I decided that I wanted to be a Nurse for people with learning difficulties, and I did achieve this once I had finished school and went on to Nurse Training School and became qualified. Has anything influenced your life to this extent?
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@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
20 Aug 10
Hi catalady, It is my pleasure to say that my mother, who passed away several years ago, was the person who had the greatest influences in my life. This woman, who had only a tenth grade education, was a woman who loved her children with a passion of pride and dignity. As I and my siblings were growing up, I watch my mother work several different jobs to make sure that we never went to bed hungry, we always wore clean clothes,Even then rent was always paid and the lights were never shutoff for none payment. I watched her through the years, denying herself new clothes or new cars because she was determined to save enough to purchase our first home. Her determination paid off. She purcased her first and only home, which is still in the family to this very day. When my mother passed away, we found among her belonging several certificates, one was her GED. Others were certificates from different training programs that she had completed. What impressed me most of all about my mother, was the fact that, when she passed away, there were no dirty dishes or clothes to be washed, in other words, the house was left clean. There was life insurance money to take care of her service and diffieren a
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@catalady (363)
21 Aug 10
Angelgirl your mother sounds a woman to be admired and respected and I am not surprised that she had such a strong influence on your life..she certainly gave you a happy childhoood by the sounds of it and a very good role model for your life.
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• United States
21 Aug 10
Hi, Yes, she was my inspiration in so many aspects of my life. I am sorry I didn't finish the piece, I hit the post button before I could end it properly, but you understood it anyway.
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@catalady (363)
21 Aug 10
That's ok Angel, I guessed that's what had happened :o)
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@AutumnGold (1056)
20 Aug 10
Hello Cat. I can't say anything has influenced me to that extent but I've taken heart from other people's achievements in the past. Well done to you for qualifying, great achievement
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@catalady (363)
20 Aug 10
Thanks Autumn :o)
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