It's not been easy to get him to this point. I gained custody 4 years ago back in October. He was a mess when I got him...very, very socially retarded. He had no idea how he was supposed to act in public, and was very immature. Since then, I've shown him how to be a respectable young man. Now, on the rare occasions that he see his mother (once a year for a few days at a time), she and her family are shocked at what he has become.

His grandfather on his mother's side used to speak hatefully to him, treat him like he was worthless, etc. Now, his grandfather has a new found respect for him. His grandfather called me on Monday after spending the long weekend with his mother, just to tell me that I have done what he now knows was impossible to happen with his daughter...turned the immature male child into a hell of a young man...one that he's like to know better. As odd as it sounds, it made me prouder of my son. He proved to the head of that family that my teachings and ways were superior to his daughter's. He went on to admit that he was wrong about me...it's not that I lived my life to please him, but hearing things like that, after a nasty divorce and 9 long years of even nastier custody battles, make up for the pain that was inflicted. It proves that which I always believed...my kids were worth the battle. He and his sisters prove that often to me.

Yeah, I'm a proud Pops...that goes without saying.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles