October 22, 2014, 9:58 pm
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Nikolas Colak
Ever since I was little I always wanted to be like my father. He is and will always be my hero and role model. My dad has taught me everything I know. Whether it was throwing my first ball or shooting my first jump shot, he has always been there for me. I wouldn’t be the man I am today without him in my life. We have been through many ups and downs but at the end I know he is always here for me and he cares about his family more than anything. When I was in the seventh grade my father was laid off from his job. At that time my family and I thought it was no big deal and that he would find another one right away. We were completely wrong. Months and even years went by and my father was still jobless. I have never seen my father depressed in my life. My father always had a good sense of humor and always knew how to make us laugh but at this time in his life he was a man of few words. He felt that he was letting his family down. I hope he knows that it wasn’t his fault, and I did everything in my power to make my father realize that. His happiness became my mission; I would come home with hundreds on my tests to see my dad smile. I promised him that I would be awarded with the valedictorian or salutatorian of my eighth grade class. Thanks to all my hard work I was awarded as salutatorian of my class. It was during my speech in my eighth grade ceremony mass where I saw my father cry for the first time. I knew that he was crying out of happiness. This meant a lot to me because I always wanted to make my father proud and this time I knew he truly was.
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