"I went back to all of my old stuff that my dad and I used to work on, " revealed Woods, whose father Earl died five years ago.
My dad, brother and I would spend long weekends in marathon games at the kitchen table.
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When we got home, I talked to my mom and dad, and decided I wanted to help the man.
And to my Dad, I say thank you for being the soldier you were and the Dad I loved, Thank you for the example you set about facing the difficult with courage, You will always be my hero.
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.
My dad was an engineer and I spent countless hours tinkering with him on the DIY projects he had going on around our house, from using an oscilloscope and hand tools, to being allowed to drive the tractor, learning how to set spark plugs and change a timing belt, swapping out alternators, building a computer and soldering circuit paths on to an early motherboard .
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"I was lucky enough that I could go back to my family, so I just stayed at my mum and dad's for the weekend, " he says.
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.
"My dad played back then, and I would start to cry if I didn't have the controller in my hand, so he'd give me the controller, " De Leon recalls.
"I made a promise to my dad on his deathbed - to get the land back - and I don't break my promises, " he says.
My grade-school principal, George Schumacher, and I "stole" my dad's Ford station wagon from our house in St.
"I'd see my dad come home in a suit and tie every night, and I didn't want to be like that, " he says.
My pupils had never heard of The Beatles so I got snippets from my mum and dad.
"I know, Dad, but I'm with my second family, and they're a great bunch of guys, " Wilbur Chapman said his son said.
Needless to say, I made sure that, without question, my mom knows that I think about what she and dad meant to me.
My dad is in a nursing home, and I wish he had this instead.
And I saw how my dad carried himself with that same dignity, that same pride at being able to get up every day and provide for his family, that same hope that his kids would one day have opportunities he never dreamed of.
They are both complete lies, I lived on a farm for a number of years and I have watched my dad shoot rabbits before when they have had miximatosis, an injured fox and on one occasion a Mink who had entangled itself on a piece of farming equipment and was strangling itself.
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My name is Kirsten Perry (phonetic), and I'm a recent college graduate. (Applause.) My mom is a teacher and my dad is a disabled carpenter, so needless to say, I have accrued a significant amount of student loan debt.
In fact, my mom gets angry because I'm always talking about my dad on television, radio and in my books.
My mom drives the car my parents bought for me when I was 15 and Jason drives the same sturdy Camry my dad used to take to work every day.
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My dad moved to Texas when I was two and became an infrequent visitor.
Every time I see or hear that train, that's what I think about: my dad and my brothers and riding through Kansas on our way to see big-league baseball.
And my dad's also got, I believe strongly, (unintelligible).
But then I think my dad came in first and saw me lifting.
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"I would try and beat my dad and then get back and watch the last nine holes, " he added.
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