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My father is my biggest role model. He’s truly an extraordinary guy. He’s also the smartest man I know. He’s the kind of person who doesn’t call an electrician or a plumber when something breaks, instead he teaches himself to fix it without help. He’s a handy man to an extreme degree. He constructed the entire 40x60 pole barn in my back yard, by himself. He makes an honest living, works hard, and he never takes the easy way out. He’s a great designer, and he could be a great artist as well if he chose to be. Atop the above, he is also down right hilarious. He has a great typical Polish sense of humor. For example, when I was little, he would often mention the word “Henway”. Like when the car broke, he had to go fix the henway. Or when I asked what he was doing, I was more often than not “Working on the henway.”

So, like anyone would, I eventually asked; “Dad, what’s a henway?”

 To which he would reply; “About 6 pounds.”  

Classic. He still gets people with the same joke today, however he has many others in his arsenal. He’s also very caring under that thick skin of his, for example, he works with a very poor old man named Richie. Last week, Riche ran out of gas money, and my dad paid Richie $20 every day to help Richie out. The best part about my dad is how much he cares about me. He is extremely strict, and just recently I have realized how helpful that has been. He had a crazy childhood, and got into a lot of trouble, and he’s trying to make me different. My favorite aspect, is that my dad come to every, single, sporting event that I take part in, even if he is well aware that I will be warming the bench.