Originally Posted by
skylinejackjr
A BIG congratulations Jnr, well done mate!
Originally Posted by
skylinejackjr
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.
You and his mother are extremely proud of him,AND RIGHTLY SO!!!
Jr saw what was happening and "took it on the chin" and put his dreams on hold to help the family.
Skyline, see, im sure that you can look at Jr and know that both his mother & yourself have raised this young man properly, he sounds like he has great pride in himself and the family unit! What a good thing!
Sometimes, when things are going wrong, and we try to hide things from our kids, you know , they ain't stupid, they see it all,
i had a similar situation where my son grew up overnight, because of things that were going on, we (my wife & I) thought we were hiding it from the kids,
but my son knew all, (that we were losing our house) and pitched in .............This event me very proud, and has made me and my Wife look at him differently, if that makes sense?
Originally Posted by
skylinejackjr
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.
And well done you!,
keep it up mate!!
Originally Posted by
skylinejackjr
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.
I sincerely hope that he continues on his chosen career and does really well at it.
Originally Posted by
skylinejackjr
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!!!
I for one, will certainly not judge anyone, Ive made too many mistakes in my life to make that call.
You are right mate, we all make mistakes, the winners are those that can pick themselves up and do what she is doing.
She is trying!!!
I hope all the best for you and the family mate
be lucky
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