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Many aspects of a child’s life determine the way in which one acts, matures and views life. I have found that one of the most influential elements of my life would be my stepmother, Joanne Nolan. Jo has been there for me as a mother figure through thick and thin, she taught me to read between the lines in every situation because there is usually more to a situation to what it seems. She helped me to realize that I would like to end up like her, courageous, motivated and wise. The poem ‘The Wind Beneath my Wings’ written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar is a great example of Jo and my relationship when we first met. The second poem ‘I Said a Mother’s Prayer for You’ written by John Robbins represents the way that Jo has treated me as a daughter and I have always shown her love as though she were my mother. For the first three years of knowing Joanne, I disliked her to a great extent. Each day I grew bitchier towards her, and for some reason, she became more pleasant. I would tell her that I hated her and she would respond with an, ‘I love you’. If my father had admired something that had been done around the house, she would instantly say that I had done it, giving me credit for all of her own work. Aft