Most Influential Person In My Life

Has there ever been a person so significant that no matter what they can be counted on at any time to be there in your time of need a special someone who is there for every sporting event someone who not only a best friend but also a mentor the influence Matthew Boyd Smith has been shown throughout my entire life. I would like to start off by telling you a few things about my grandfathered was born to Matt and Mima on September 26 1949 in Middletown hospital he had one brother and two sisters he was the youngest of four children he attended franklin high school he ran cross country and loved the outdoors he fished and hunted frequently shortly after marrying Joyce Kay Howard he was in a horrible hunting accident where a gun malfunction causing the loss of two and one half of his fingers on his left hand this tragic hunting accident helped to mold him into the man he is today. Boyd was the most influential person in my life by far he has been there for me when other were simply not, Like my sporting events now I might be the best baseball or soccer player but I tried,
Boyd was sadly diagnosed with non-alcoholic liver cancer from all the medicine he took because he had diabetes sadly after all the doctors visits and surgeries and the chemo he fought the cancer and continued to live life one day at a time and did not let cancer affect his life sadly after all the doctors did Boyd Smith went home to be with the lord on October second 2011 I was in shock when he past i didn't know what to do my grades went way down but then it dawned on me he wouldn't want me to fail or be depressed so strive each and every day to make my grandfather proud through my accomplishments in life and whenever i'm down i know he looking down on me and that gives me the motivation to finish out strong because that's what he would of wanted and that why i truly believe Matthew Boyd Smith has changed my life and been the most influential person in my