Patrick Daniel Noonan, the father of my family tends to have the most intriguing stories to tell from his childhood and time living first in Baltimore and then Northern Maine. His life stories are very important on how they shaped him as an individual, and how they taught him life lessons that he would need in the future. I choose him because he has had a lot of unique experiences with sports, farming and many more that were told to me during this interview. My dad was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 18, 1985 where he lived with his parents and partially his grandparents. By the time he was five and had just started kindergarten, he moved to Littleton, Maine. He grew up on a farm, and found himself working picking potatoes and doing …show more content…
My dad had other aspirations, that included flying a plane. Flying a plane was a big deal for him especially because he also had to work, to make enough money to take flight lessons. He first found out about his initial fondness for flying when he tried a flight simulator. His family had always liked flying and one of his family members worked as a weather observer. They knew the FBO, someone who manages the airport, who offered a job at the airport. Then by the time he was thirteen and old enough to get his temporary license, he was then able for the first time to fly solo. After the flight simulator and his temporary license he continued to pursue his flying dreams and got a full pilot’s license by the time he was sixteen. He had a flight instructor that flew with him whenever he had enough money to fly. This story in particular is a specific rite of passage that my dad experienced. This rite of passage was a life lesson to pursue dreams, which is exactly what my dad did in this situation. This story is another example of a step up the staircase and towards the future gaining more responsibility and becoming more