It was my stepmother, Janey Hovenden, who really had the hardest time when my father was suffering from ALS. For three years, she juggled work, my dad and me with virtually no breaks, but she never gave up.
My mom and dad love me and my four siblings immensely, but they were no pushovers.
When I have a seizure, my mom and dad give me medicine to help stop the seizure.
My dad called me and asked that I bring my iPhone to show her my latest Forbes videos.
"My dad called me and told me I had to buy the team, that it would only be for sale once, " says Snyder.
Mom and dad raised me to believe in the American dream.
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It was the only instrument and the only poetry that described the way I felt when I was five and when I was six and when my Dad told me about growing up in New Jersey and what it was like to see Bruce on the boardwalk and make out with girls on the beach.
But even she would admit that time, experience and location have made me a better dad and partner.
Needless to say, I made sure that, without question, my mom knows that I think about what she and dad meant to me.
Try tennis, because it's the game my Dad taught me, and still teaches, 40 seasons in, at the high school not far from where I grew up.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of a visit my Dad took my brothers and me on in 1964 to the Aransas Wildlife Refuge, near Corpus Christi in South Texas.
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Today, Janey is doing well and still taking care of me, just as well as she took care of me and my dad when he was sick.
But then I think my dad came in first and saw me lifting.
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She says I remind her of Dad, and spending time with me and cooking dinner for me helps her remember.
And my dad had warned me about these things.
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I'd like to get someone in before the grass who can help me and my Dad.
So before taking the now-treasured photo of me and her dad draped over an easy chair looking for all the world like two teenagers at a first prom, introductions were made.
And it was dad who helped me move into my new Philadelphia home following law school on what was a record breaking hot day even though I am fairly certain that he wanted me to come back home to NC.
Rosie picked me up and brought me back home because that was the morning our cows were butchered and your Dad had to be there to make sure things were done right.
Dad beat me, my sister, and my mom, and he finally got arrested.
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It was always clear to me that my mom and dad were always in my corner.
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In about an hour my mum called me and said that my dad was fine.
The owner, Don, would give me 50 cents and my dad would say, 'You did really good today.
"As long as I can remember my dad had repeatedly warned me of certain people and their ways, " he tweeted.
My dad always encouraged me to pursue my interests and passions.
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There are two reasons I love the Mortoni: It is the most refreshing drink on earth, and it reminds me of my dad, Morton, whom I named it after.
Believe me, that photo of her dad on the wall meant the world to Natalie, and it meant the world to me and Joe, too.
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