John & Val

My Mom And My German Shepard Dog 'Hailey'. (I Took This Picture On Family Day.)

My heroes are my parents, John and Val. My dad, John, was born on October 29th, in Toronto, the same birth date as me. My mom, Val, was born on February 25th in Scarborough. My parents both grew up in very dangerous places, my dad grew up in Toronto and my mom grew up in Brampton. Both of my parents finished high school but didn't go to university or college. My dad only has a couple of family members left in his life that are alive, my mom has many. My parents both had many interests as a youth. My dad, John, had 2 interests as a youth, sports and music. Music was my dad's interest as a youth because he was in a band in his teenager days and he played the Trombone. Sports were his interests because he was good at ALL the sports he played and by the early 20's he was coaching my sister's baseball team for 4-6 years. My mom's one and only interest as a youth was SHOPPING because she has a very good taste in clothing and loves going out and spending money on clothes and things she can use.

Both of my parents have influences in their life. My mom has "physical fitness" as an influence because she wants to live longer, be healthy, and be strong, that influences her to do Tae Bo 3 times a week and walk for 1 hour every night. My dad's influence was sports because he likes to achieve sports goals and get better at a sport. That influences him now to keep practising sports that he loves and give his knowledge to my sister and I for sports.

My parents have had many challenges in their lifetime, but my mom and dad had 1 challenge that really stressed them out. My mom's challenge was quitting smoking because she was smoking for 20 years and when you do something for that long and try to stop, it's very difficult. Quitting smoking affected my mom because if she didn't quit smoking she wouldn't be healthy and wouldn't live for a really long time like she will now. Opening a business affected my dad in good ways and bad ways. The good way was that he'll get more financial independence because opening a business is usually an alone business. The bad way is that he will have more stress because he will have extra things in his lifetime and will have more things on his mind which will make stress sometimes.

I feel that everything my parents do for me is important, whether it's saying I love you at night time or giving me money for my lunches, it's always important to me. I think the most important thing for me is to know they'll always be there for me and love me with all their hearts.

My parents are my heroes because they're always there to catch me when I fall. My dad helps me through my sport life and life itself and my mom helps me with girl life and life itself. Through the good days and the bad days, they are always there for me and I love them like they love me.