When ever that happens to me I always get this voice in my head saying you cant give up you have to push through and see it till the end. In this article Mary talks about how she never wanted to give up for her father. It was at that point she relized she that not only did she not want to give up for hwer father , but also for herself. This essay stood out to me and I really enjoyed it. The reason being is that this essay talks about never giving up. Its a life lesson everyone should learn for themselfes. Mary talks about her dad in the essay and how without him she would have never learned the greatest lesson anyone could have ever taught her. Isnt that the truth sometimes family can give us gifts like money or cars.. But at the end of the day the best gifts family can give us is advice and their support. The Story itself shows a lot of passion. I comend Mary Hackett for that. She tralks about her life and the struggles she had to get threough to get where she is. Thats something we can all relate to as a reader. The story gives us an idea of her childhood topo and how her father would always give her and her siblings advice, I thinks thats why I and many other people were drawn to the story because there are so many things in her we can relate to not only as a reader but as a