fatherly role models

[penguiness]

you can never really comprehend the essence of a father, what an impact a terrible one can have opposed to an amazing one...i for one grew up with a terrible step father and a real father who didnt put much into being one. i dont feel sorry for myself and im proud to have grown up without because now with mike around, i realize what an profound impact hes had on my life. he has shown me so much in general, about computers like how to take care of them and how to fix them, weirdo facts that only he would find interesting which brings those simple lessons i had never learned. he also shows compassion, and a care for me i never thought a man who was not father nor first step father would ever be able to show. i thought i was to old, he was to late to be a father figure, but i was wrong. and i am so proud to have such a smart man as an influence, a man that i can actually look up to instead of down on...he knows more than i, and i know it, so i learn from him and never take it for granted.

my life has totally changed since i came home from tally, some good and some bad, but i think i have developed as a person from merely being around a man i admire, who is not a perverted loser, and someone i think i could confide in if need be.

the most simple love from this man who i have known for less than 2 yrs is the man that i respect the most as a father.

kinda shows me that its not hopeless, that there is a chance, that not all guys are as shitty as the fathers i have had and the people i have dated....thank you mike.