When I quit school at 14 to work on a fishing boat my mother said "you will have to work very hard" and I did.I was 14 working with men.We started the middle of April and finished in late Dec ,when the ice came.And I mean EVERYDAY !!! My mother told me that I will have to work at atleast 7 jobs in my life time.The winter came so I had to do something so I learned how to read.I learned to read English as well,I wanted to be able to know what was going on in the rest of the world.The next year was just the same,starting mid April and finishing in Dec.That winter I went and worked on a construction site as a labourer and at dinner time I got scrap metal and learned how to weld with the help of the welders themselves.Towards the spring I took a welding test and passed,I'm a welder now I said to myself.Well as soon as the water unfroze it called my name and off I went.This was a pattern EXCEPT I learned I had to travel to make aliving welding.That year I became a father of twin girls.The next couple of years my mother held out her hand and gave me a chance to learn how to be a parent.off to Jamaica (how ironic) then after almost 3 years back to Canada.I now was a full time parent with NO BABY MOTHER !!! Work and pay babysitters etc but was starting to get ahead.Then I bought a fishing gear and licences ,I am now a Captain at age 21.That winter I went to school to start to get papers so I had more than just being a Capt of my own vessel.Skipping ahead I now have 5 kids ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! worked in my boat for atleast 1 year and I pounded the importance of education and work ethic into their heads.Go to where you have to go,do what you have to do,learn what you have to learn and never finish a sentence with the word "but".It worked. I have a lawyer,school principal,an international rep for a major hotel co,a geoleogyist(sp) and a hockey player (Ohio State Buckeye) turned pro and then started working in the HVAC world.PHEW !!!! It took me 43 years to have a real vacation !!! Working hard ain't for sissy's !!!! Answer that knock on the door,it might be oppurtunity coming,that light at the end of the tunnel,hmmmmm check it out,it might not be a train.The harder a person tries the luckier they get,eh.I loved my work,I loved my kids,I never thought of anything as a sacrefice(sp) but only as a helping hand to help them become useful citizens and parents themselves (10 grandchildren).Sometimes people are leaning on a fence ,looking off into the distance for the answer BUT !!! there it is right by their feet.I'm now old and tired and it's time to pass the torch.What a GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bunch of people you guys are !!!!!!!!! and never lose sight of that !!!!!!
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