How My Hero Influenced My Life

On March 17th 1998, she held in her hands a ten pound baby boy. Gazing down into the baby’s soft face and dark eyes, she knew that Tyler James Toussaint would be her pride and joy, her center of life, and would put everything she had to give this child a good life. From that moment on, she was entitled Mother, and her priority was to make sure Tyler had a better life than her own. Tyler grew fast and in no time his first word slipped out of his mouth. She knew then that it was time to introduce her child to education. Sitting everyday with an impatient Tyler, she made him read and study simple concepts to build his intelligence. Slaving away helping Tyler while he obnoxiously tried to resist, she kept him on a tight schedule not straying away
Three years later, Tyler maintained a 93 average which he would have never achieved without the deep rooted trait of hard work instilled into him by his mother. Tyler didn’t acknowledge that either. Senior year came and September turned into December in what felt like minutes. Tyler went onto his Common Application and added Dartmouth to his list. He grumbled at the fact that they had a writing supplement, and read through the choices. Then his eyes stopped upon the question, “how has your hero influenced your life?” Tyler sat and pondered if this was the question that would get him in. People that he could choose for that supplement ran through his head, but then he stopped when he thought about his mother. Tyler thought about all the things that his mother had did for him. He closed his computer and thought more about it for days. Tyler was flooded with the realization of all the sacrifice his mother did for him and how it all influenced his life. He realized that he wasn’t alone in his life because his mom was there every step of the way. Tyler sat back down, and opened up his laptop to start to write the essay, but the only thing he could write was… “Thank you