My 101year old father .He is a great role model

My mom is great, I am more fortunate than I realize.
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My mother is a great role model to me! She has always sacrificed her whole life for my sister and i, and my brother who was addicted to drugs most of his life. Now I am her caregiver and though sometimes it's hard, I feel lucky to still have her in my life. My father, however, is the polar opposite. He never held a job, is a habitual liar and I have a very strained relationship with him. I went 15 and must of my sins life not speaking to him. I have come to the conclusion in my more mature age, that he loves me, but is so insecure that it is hard for him to have a constructive relationship with anybody. He must talk down other people to make himself feel better. But he never abused me, just has a hard time with himself. Thanks for the question. He does make me appreciate my mother even more!

I am looking forward to reading positive responses here, I am jealous in a good way of my friends who had good role models and positive childhood experiences.

I am 100% proud of my father and 90% proud of my mother. They both taught me to think for myself, respect others, kindness, generosity, not to judge a book by its cover, humility, love of nature, care for our environment, to think beyond ones self, empathy, social justice, the value of hard work and so much more as for the 10% of my mother that is reserved for a bad temper that could result in verbal cruelty, probably based in damage in her childhood.