A Tribute to My Father - Day Three

My father has helped instill in me a love of learning. For as long as I can remember my dad has been involved with computers. We always had one or two or more computers in our house growing up. My dad would always bring home these software demo CD's that he would get free in the mail at work and he would toss them in front of me and say, "Here. Learn this and tell me what you think." There were no manuals, no online help for tech support, no chats or forums with which to find information. Only the CD. I loved the challenge of trying to figure out how something worked and playing around with the software. I learned a bunch of different Microsoft software, a bunch of different Apple software, and some photo editing stuff that is archaic in nature compared to the photo editing software they have now. I find I have a knack for trying to figure something out on the computer, and I feel most comfortable with it. I attribute that all to my dad. He always tried to provide us with tools to use and learn from. He acquired these maps that came in a bright yellow plastic box for just about every state and I loved pulling them out and looking at them. It was so fun when my dad brought that box out because I knew we would look at maps and dream about where the solid red lines could take us. It was so fun to see how close the world was when viewed on a map. My love of maps comes from him. My love of learning comes from him. My love of finding out new things comes from him because he took the time to expand my talents and natural curiosity. Thanks, dad! I love you.