It was a collge aplication essay on my father. it was well recieved by the university of miami and Davidson college

A person who has impacted your life? <Tab/>I keep remembering odd things: his love for cars, jokes he told at the dinner table, his subtle brand of sarcasism, the look in his eyes when he tlaked about my future. I knew college before I'd ever hear of high school, I was my dad's last chance at the degree he never had. His parents never pushed him to achieve any thing …showed first 75 words of 636 total…

…showed last 75 words of 636 total…disaster, the house was so gloomy with out a tree, no lights and no presents. His recliner empty, and not used since that last day he sat on it, its still in the living room, and noone has used it since. <Tab/>What I feel cheated of is the future we'll never have. But I will always remember him saying "What doesn't kill you, will only make you stronger." Gracias Papi.