Who have you learned the most from??

[Emmsmom]

I was going to post this under the bulbs thread but I thought this would be a nice topic.

My husband's grandmother could plant a pencil and grow a tree!! I learned sooooo much from her. I use to get small plants from the store and stick them in some dirt and that was about it.

We lived next door to his granny for about 6 years before she past away. She was 85 when she died. I learned so much from her. I learned how NOT to hold wood when splitting it !! LOL When she was younger she chopped off her thumb while spillting wood!My daughter thought this was the funniest thing. When she was just a little thing she use to sit on her lap and she would look all over for her thumb. Granny loved every minute of it. I also learned how to crochet and I have been working on my blanket for 2 years!! . I had no clue how to crochet before I met her. I also learned a lot about nature. Now I can identify a ton of different birds, flowers, and trees. I know this doesn't sound like a lot to some but to me it meant the world. Altho I didn't know it at the time. She had lived a very rough life and to have been able to still manage to find the good in everything. It was really amazing. Like I said what little I did learn from her I can pass on to my daughter. She was an amazing woman that I still miss dearly.

SO who has made an impact in your life??

[RLC12345678]

I've definately learned the most from my dad. When I was little, he would tuck me into bed everynight and give me little "life lessons." I will have to say that those lessons have really impacted my life and made me the woman I am today. My dad is wise beyond his years and has taught me so much about life, business, family, religion, EVERYTHING!

[Janet]

I know this is going to sound so terrible, but the person who impacted my life the most is my mother. Not because she taught me well, but because I don't want to be like her. I LOVE MY MOM!!! please do not misunderstand that and she is funny. BUT, she is very selfish, wants to debate everything. My nieces (they are 26 and 31) have always called her "miss knowitall", behind her back of course. Was and has not been a very loving grandmother...her motto: I raised mine, I'm done!!!

So she influenced me the most in how not to be!!

[Emmsmom]

Originally Posted by Janet

I know this is going to sound so terrible, but the person who impacted my life the most is my mother. Not because she taught me well, but because I don't want to be like her. I LOVE MY MOM!!! please do not misunderstand that and she is funny. BUT, she is very selfish, wants to debate everything. My nieces (they are 26 and 31) have always called her "miss knowitall", behind her back of course. Was and has not been a very loving grandmother...her motto: I raised mine, I'm done!!!

So she influenced me the most in how not to be!!

I have to say that I also learned how NOT to be from my mother. It doens't sound terrible because I feel the same way. In fact things are so bad that i walked away from it all 10 years ago. I refused to let my daughter be involved in any part of it. So needless to say my mother has never laid eyes on my daughter excpet maybe in pictures that my grandmother has. My mother has abused me, lied to me and everyone all the time. If it is raining out she will lie to your face and tell you it is nice and sunny. She has lied to others about me. She tried to make up lies to break up my marriage. Now I am not the only one she has done this too, there have been others. SOOOO.. Long story short. When I think back she taught me a lot that I never even realized.

I was trying to choose between my mom and dad....but i can't! BOTH my parents are amazing. I have learned different things from each one, but they've had an equal impact on my life. I could only hope to have the marriage they have. My mom is my best friend in the entire world, and I'm a total daddy's girl. My parents have taught me honesty, religion, integrity, and especially love. I thank God for them everyday

[SweetCuteness]

This is a really hard question, actually. I learned a lot from my aunt... more life lessons from her. But I think I've learned to be who I am from my mom. She didn't "teach" me, but I learned. Every day I see myself starting to become more and more like her. Most people say "Oh man, I'm becoming my mother!" as if it's a bad thing. My mom is an excellent role model and I get much joy knowing that I am becoming more like her. Things were rough... really rough... between us when I was a teenager. I love her so much though. I miss her more than anything. She's still in Washington. I moved down to AZ a couple months ago and saying goodbye to her was the hardest thing about moving. Okay, I have to stop, my eyes are starting to tear up. Anyway, sorry to ramble on and on. Basically, I would say I learned most from my mom.