3 part question: Who was the single most important person in your life...?

Question

Who was the single most important person in your life, that inspired you to become the kind of person you are today?

What did they do to have this affect on you?

And lastly, in what way would you be different if this person had never come into your life?

Answer 1

My mom, Florence

I've been encouraged to write a book about her.

She believed in me and now that's defined as unconditional love.
She said I could do anything. She flew to Germany by herself in 1981 when I finished Graduate School to be at my graduation celebration. She went home alone.
She worked 3 jobs all of our life to support us when we were abandoned by my father. She wore new flip flops in the summer, but we always had a new pair of summer shoes.
She was the best. She called my daughter "buttercup".
She stood by me, when my first daughter died. She said GOD closed one door, and will open another.
She supported me financially and all ways when I had a high-risk second pregnancy, and today my daughter is 17.
She passed in 2002.
I miss her today and always.

GOD bless us one and all, always

Answer 2

there isnt just one person only who has had the biggest effect on my life (i guess i could say my mother for giving birth to me)
the church (cult) i was raised in had an enormous effect on my life
i cant even begin to imagine who i would have been... more normal i am guessing although i personally dont feel being "abnormal" is such a bad thing!!!.... everyone has had an effect on my life... and me on theres

Answer 3

probably my mother
i can't answer those specific questions
obviously i'd be a totally different person if my mother weren't my mother. she influenced an awfully lot about me.