My dad for sure. He worked hard every day of his life and didn't complain and was always an awesome father. He definitely showed me how to behave in society...Even if I wasn't the best at it all the time.

My son. He changed everything. He teaches me as he grows. He is love of life embodied and he makes me go for my best every single day.

My father taught me basic values and encouraged me to think for myself

It was a good teamwork 🤪

Honestly, my dad was my hero and I learnt a lot from him … He thought me to be strong and responsible for my life …

But it wasn’t only him … my mom and a few others, some of whom broke me into pieces and some of whom put me back together ..

Believe it or not, probably constant beatings by my dad. It showed me how not to be a man!

horrible childhood events certainly played some part in it. I think that happens to anyone that was dealt a bad hand as a child and suffered through trauma from it, it kind of warps and molds you into something else like everything else does when your brain is still forming.

a person who had a huge impact on me is, well there are a few.
My father who Taught and prepared me on adulthood and being a man.
I will add my mother into preparing for adulthood also. I have seen them both suffer in ways that no one should ever have to suffer and they overcame all of it and put their children above their own needs.
I think that plays a huge part in who i am today and with being a parent myself.

And another person i would add into this was my best friend. he was about 10 years older than me and I met him when i was 15 and we hit it off right away. He became quickly like another brother to me and always had my back.
Sadly he took his own life when his girlfriend took his baby girl away from him. As bad as that was and how much i still miss him, when i went through very similar things with my partner at the time and her taking my child rom me, he was in my thoughts a lot and that stopped me from doing the same thing as him and i really was close to it at times.
So I think of it as him having my back even when he was not here.
Probably a warped way to think o things but it is what it is

I'll stick to positive things here and say my first math professor in undergrad. She really made me realize that I'm good at math and gave me a lot of confidence. I went from a junkie to a physics PhD (I'm still kinda a junkie though).

The hub
He loves me unconditionally
And my daughter who taught me to love someone unconditionally

The day I sat in front of the television with my Dad, as some black people were crossing a bridge, in a peaceful protest for voting rights, were brutally attacked by state police.

That was the day I realized what police brutality was, and what racism, bigotry, and hate was.

My dad is a huge role model for me. He's never been the most well off, but he'd give a stranger the shirt off his back if they needed it

My dad is also my favorite artist

Not one single person: throughout my life I would have to say my father, a Freudian-influenced Child Psychiatrist, who was one of the most rational people I have ever encountered - but sometimes wrong because of his own personality flaws; various teachers at Prep School and Grammar School, and my Philosophy tutor, Dave McGregor, while I was doing my degree in Sociology; my former boss, John Bolton, who taught me how to make cocktails, and the cooking concept of [i][b]"mise-en-place"[/b][/i] - proper preparation is key to everything you attempt in life.

Both parents. They spent their entire adult lives tending to 5 kids born over a 23 year span. Never a day's rest - even their vacations were stressful.

My mom actually. 🙂💖💖💖

The death of the dinosaurs.

The largest impact on who I am today would be my husband.

The relationship between my parents was the biggest one

My entire childhood really.

Love and loss across the years.

My father
James Bond
Sonny Crockett 😎

My parents. Their extremely poor financial decisions. Their choice to foster kids (which was based on a need for extra income to cover what those poor decisions were leading to), and how they made me take care of those kids even though I was a kid myself.

My parents

A job

My mother mostly.

But, it's really the people I've come across.

You learn as you grow.

I'm grown, but I'm still learning.

Life is humbling.

My parents. My teachers. My relationships. My history of overcoming unusual challenges/adversity.

I think the mirror did, I took a long look at myself and gave my head a wobble and copped the hell on.

The Celestine prophecy
Started my shift towards the person that I have become

My environment all my life and my life’s experiences…….

Becoming chronically ill and disabled at 22.

A cousin who taught me who to not be.

Former father-in-law

Mostly negative events

Sheriff Andy Taylor.

my mother & father.

Myself

My dad

Id say the cataclysmic event that wiped out the dinosaurs, not sure any of us would be here if that hadn't happened

My daughter

No.