After attending her son’s recent graduation, Murray’s mother says she wants to complete her GED, which has been difficult because she spends much of her days raising grandchildren.
“It made me feel so good. It made me say, ‘I want to get mine,” she says. “He used to sit down and tell me, ‘You need to think about yourself.’“
“My mother is one of my best friends. She has a lot of in life, but she has not experienced the benefits of what an education can bring,” Murray says, adding that she will join him in Germany, where he will move again later this year. He hopes that his mother will be able to focus solely on her education without the stress of raising her children’s kids. Murray also
“Helping other people motivates me. They keep me up at night. It’s a great feeling,” he says.
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