Just a little background

Originally Posted by skylinejackjr

Hey yall. A while back I said I'd keep everyone updated on my sons progress with his G.E.D. Well, last week HE PASSED!!! His diploma is here!

I was telling another valued forum member earlier why he went this route and thought I'd let the rest of my valued scrap metal family know.

A while back I was laid up due to medical reasons and couldn't work for 3 years. Had a wreck and went through numerous surgeries. The money soon ran out and my wife was working to pay the bills. Struggling to pay the bills I should say. Those were some very hard financial times for us.

Well, Jr. saw just how hard it was. He informed me would be leaving school to get a full time job and help pay the bills. I pleaded with him not to, but he insisted that he could and would help his family. So with his promise of him returning to school when things got better I agreed.

He got a full time job at McDonalds and worked the night shift because it paid $1.00 per hour more than days. He worked hard and helped pay the bills and put food on the table. He even managed to buy Christmas and Birthday presents for his mom and younger brother. He gave up so much for his family. And never once did this young man complain.

He has never fooled with drugs and doesn't use alcohol. This kid has been 0 problems for us. His mother and I are truly blessed to have him. And extremely proud of him.

I healed up. Not quite 100%, but good enough. No one would hire me because of my injuries though. So I started scrapping and contributing financially again. Doing real good with it now. Jr. kept his promise and got that diploma! Now he is expressing interest in either becoming a welder or mechanic. Whichever he chooses I will see to it that he gets all the rest of the training he needs to make his dreams come true.

Now that my daughter who is 19, pregnant and living back at home (Please don't judge here. We all make mistakes. And I love her very, very much.) has seen him do it she enrolled in the same G.E.D school he went to! She wants to finish before March 02,2012. That's when I become a Grandpa for the first time!!!

Oh, how awesome!!!! I'm speechless, it's just so inspirational!