My triumphs and tragedies lead me to believe that these things that I faced in life made me the person that I am today. Stronger, willing, able, determined, acheiver, and loving. my pain is not gone and it would probably last until the day I die. My compassion for loving and caring for people will be the greatest gift I could have been blessed with. Me finding my father eight years before he passed in the year 2000 made be realize that there was hope. If anyone is looking for a love one, never give up on your search. My dad was my hero and he was the most beautiful gift of them all beside my wonder children Seanpaul and Malachi.   William Thomas Lightner Jr. was the person that I seen in me. He was loving, full of life, he would never give up on anything in life. He was a fighter to the very end. My dad had the gift of gab. He was a singer, a dancer, well dressed and got what he wanted when he wanted it.  He was the one that I got the patients from and the will to fight and to never given up.  I owe thanks to God for blessing me with such a wonderful dad and my hero.  If I could ask for one wish, I would ask God to allow me to tell my dad thanks for being my dad.