Sentences with phrase «because of my dad»

«People look at you and say, «You just got the job because of your dad»... It was very important to me, branching out and getting to know people and having people know me for me as opposed to knowing me for being my dad's son.»

The woman who kicked her out CLAIMED it was because of the dads, but at this point that is just an allegation.

Growing up my family moved around a lot because of my dad's job and we spent a few years in Atlanta, GA..

Cuomo's name is well known, but part of that is because of his dad and memories of the last Cuomo administration.

This book also gave me a bit more insight on Buddism and meditation, topics that I have been fervently exploring in the past year because of my dad's persistent study of Eastern religions.

When I was a kid we lived there for a year because of my dad's work.

It's all because of Dad,» recalls Leigh.

In fact, because of Dad's mentorship, my brother and I have accumulated wealth that surpasses his.

David said his calm composure during interviews was partially because of his Dad's example.

Not exact matches

My dad worked for 35 years at Stelco in Hamilton, before watching a once great company dragged into bankruptcy, in large part because of a pension plan it could no longer fund.

Because my dad was a schoolteacher and of humble means, my mom would cut open grocery bags and she would lay them all over the kitchen floor, after shopping, and that's what we would draw on.

Steve confided in his Dad, saying, «I like this job because I have no idea how much money I will have made until the end of the year.»

As my dad tells the story, because he had a gas station uniform on and came out of the garage with greasy hands after working on a car.

Best of all, they come in a variety of bright happy colours, including classic black — because in time, we all tend to inherit dad's good sense.Swims classic galoshes, $ 100, www.harryrosen.com

In hindsight though my dad would have loved to have been an actor because he was kind of a ham, but it was during the depression years when I first grew up in the mid, early - 30s, mid-30s, it was a bad time.

Because his 8 y.o. will also start receiving benefits (50 % of his dad's) until he's no longer a minor — 10 years» worth.

I like work flexibility because it will allow me to see more of my family that lives in another state, as well as be available more for my dad who is going to be 82 this year.

No Woman, lives with a bunch of other feminine men in «groups», and hangs around with his brow beating mother who claims she is a virgin because his dad liked to work with other men's wood, but apparently couldn't use his own with the ladies.

Kids should be proud of dads if dads are absent because of important, noble tasks than being with them.

We humans make God contemptible because of our prejudice, taught / learned hate, and our desire to make God over into our image (you know, the cool dad who lives with his perfect family in the cul de sac and belongs to the same golf club you do, etc, etc.).

«Because of what my dad had told me about leprosy causing numbness, I thought I could actually have leprosy.

She was against celebrating Christmas and Easter and birth days because of her «religion,» but it was totally cool for her to steal thousands of dollars from my dad's business.

The biggest thing that I had to deal with was not feeling like God was mad at me every time I made any kind of a little mistake, because in the home that I grew up in you just never knew what was going to set my dad off.

Let me make it clear, I was not bullied or abused by my dad or by my sweet husband of 30 plus years, so this is not a matter of me imagining this because of anything I've suffered in the past.

Because if you eat it, you'll start «Shredding Life» — as the dad in the ad does when (having had his morning bowl of wheaty goodness) he dives, impressively, from the high board, watched by his admiring son.

But they died for testifying to the reality of an historical event.It would be like my Dad dying because he wouldn't deny the fact that he fought on a submarine in World War II.

«Oh no,» the young man replied, «it was because when Dad stepped out of the room I could hear him crying.»

Also, you said,» Fear of the unknown, and you offer what an unknown - thanks a lot» — I'm sorry, i thought you were adult enough to know that just because you're afraid of something doesn't mean it'll go away if dad says it will.

My dear friends, this is also the structure of the Mass — the greatest prayer we can offer for Dad, because it's not our prayer but the Lord's.

In fact, their friends, by and large, think of me as the cool dad because I am honest about it and as it turns out, they all feel the same.

St Joseph's Day appealed to the heart, too, as it's also a Marian feast of sorts, given it's the feast of the husband of Mary, but also because my late dad's name was Joseph.

But I gave Trig's mom and dad lots of time to think about it because they needed lots of time to understand that everything will be OK, in fact, everything will be great, because I only want the best for you!

it is awful because i have no lasting peace in this... beyond healing and then the conviction of sins and a few visions and what what i thought was jesus telling i was forgiven but to have faith in him, [my dad even called me up when this first happened and told me that the spirit had come to him in great power and told him to let me know i was forgiven and saved by his grace - he did not know i was going through this at the time and felt an urgent need to call me with this message] so why can i not get inner confirmation in this and why am i still so afraid....

If anything, I'm a feminist because I have an awesome dad who has told me I'm capable of anything since day one.

Well, obviously dad didn't read the Bible, because then he would have known the prescribed form of punishment for disobedient children is stoning them...

He feels, «I can't bring my friends home because Dad might be drunk and embarrass me in front of them.»

When my dad died of cancer, I refused to see a grief counselor because I knew God had taken him and I would see him again someday.

I was already an avid traveler because of the whole military - brat lifestyle and I couldn't wait to begin enjoying the perks of Dad flying for a commercial airline.

One of the first things my dad told me when this whole thing came about was that I needed to forgive other people, because that's what we believe; forgiveness is key...

I was treated like the plague by many Christians after my father stepped down and for years that is one reason I struggled to remember the forgiveness of God that I received at the cross as I saw so many Christians get angry at one another because of what my dad did.

Though I remember wanting to perfect my original recipe because they are on of my Dad's favorite cookies.

Not only because of the change in seasons but because my other half has been at his mom and dad's house for the last couple of days helping them with some final touches on their house.

Because of my heavy - sleeper genes I got from my dad, I need to make sure I have healthy breakfast options that I can eat on the go because if not, I'll be a hungry mBecause of my heavy - sleeper genes I got from my dad, I need to make sure I have healthy breakfast options that I can eat on the go because if not, I'll be a hungry mbecause if not, I'll be a hungry monster.

My mom would always make a big dinner like meal at lunchtime because my dad would pick me up from school in his truck every day and half my friends would jump on the back of the truck all the way home (many years ago btw and home was only a few blocks lol).

Here's the story: on one of the first dinners at my mom and dad's house, they served banana cream pie, which he hates because he can't stand pudding.

I was always intrigued by honeydew melons because I didn't know they were melons, I just knew my mom referred to the list of things she wanted my dad to do as her «Honeydew List» and I didn't get it.

It's a family stand - by, and I know it works because my Mum often requests «Fajita Night», which means that we make a batch of this chili plus a batch of seasoned ground beef (for the carnivorous Dad), and we all get to make our own Fajitas with whole wheat tortillas and fillings of choice.

It was only one day, thankfully, because DR - Dad doesn't exactly have a career as a monk ahead of him.

anh — No, my dad objected to the inclusion of peanuts because he doesn't know what actually goes into dan dan mien.

I'm trying to adopt the «clean eating» philosophy, especially because my husband is a triathlete, my daughter is a grad student in Nutrition, I am fighting those nasty change of life issues, and am watching my Dad's rapid physical deterioration.