My father was a long haul trucker that moved furniture/household goods. This means if you need to move from one place to the other he would come in and pack up all your stuff load it himself and off we go as fast as we could to deliver at your new place. This to me was a cool job at first because every time I went with my dad to a job I got to hang out and explore new places or meet new kids and people. I sometimes got enjoyment out of the people my dad would hire because they each had a story and life experiences that reminded me of Tom Sawyer and Huckfinn stories. So basically I just messed around until he was done a ready to leave. I once remember my dad was on his ladder lifting a heavy item when it shifted and he fell of the ladder and stepped on a buckle of strap and broke his left ankle. He got up and continued to work for the next 6 hours loading his truck without a whimper. Then we went to the hospital and they said its broke. He said well give me a pain killer or two cause I have to work tomorrow. I was like but dad you need time off he said "well who is going to work for me" I said I will dad he laughed hugged me and said I will be fine. I never heard about it again although I knew driving the truck was hard and shifting through all 13 gears was painful. When I saw this I then began to start trying to help him as much as I could at every job from there on out. The first job I helped with was extremely difficult. This lady had over 300 boxes of books with a total of 52 steps in and out of her house. I moved like one box at a time and I was dead after 10 boxes. My father laughed and grabbed a stack of 5 at a time with a giant strap and walked up and out of the house like nothing. I was in awe and thought this man is nuts and awfully strong. He looked at me and was like NO PAIN NO GAIN . That has always stuck with me. Even today I believe that you must shed something to gain something. Whether is pain, money, or emotions. My father is and always will be my hero. He taught me how to be a man without trying. I hope I can be the man, father, and Husband that he has been.