While I did inherit many of my attributes from my mother, such as my love for animals, I think that most of the people who know me would say that I am just a bit more similar to my father. Since I was young, people would tell me how much I looked like him and as I got older, I realized that not only did I look like him, but I also acted like him a lot.

Yes, I do look very similar to him with my tan skin and my dark hair, but that is not all that we have in common. Some of the qualities I get from him, I am not the biggest fan of but it is a part of who I am so I learned to deal with it.

I am impatient like him. We both cannot stand waiting for something and like to always be on the move.

I get angry as quickly as he does, but we both get over things extremely quickly.

I am hard on myself if I don't succeed, like my dad.

I also am afraid of needles like him. We HATE getting shots, even though he won't admit it and I will.

While I do get some qualities from my dad that I am not the biggest fan on, I also get a lot of the qualities that I am proud of about my self from him:

My dad is one of the most driven and dedicated people that I know and I am happy that I got that from him because if I didn't, I don't know where I would be today.

He is brutally honest and I am happy I got that too because sometimes honesty and tough love are what you need to push you further.

We both also have the same humor, although some of the Dad jokes he makes I don't always laugh at.

Overall, I am beyond blessed that I am so similar to a man that I look up to. We don't usually do the usual father and daughter activities like fishing or whatever it is that girls and their dads do together.

Instead, my dad and I go to the gym together every day, which pushes me to reach my workout goals.

He also introduced me to a lot of 80s movies that I now love.

Since I was young we also have always kept fish tanks since we both were into it. Going to the fish store to get a new fish was always a fun day.

We do have a good time together, but not always.

Being so similar does mean that we butt heads a lot. We both are stubborn so arguing with him is the worst because neither of us will back down. But, at the end of the day, no matter what is going on between us I love him not only because he is my dad but also because he is where I get a lot of who I am from.

For that and for everything else that he does for me, I don't always acknowledge this but I want to say thank you because he deserves it.