In my senior year at Clifford J. Scott High School it felt good not
to have the Bagpipe, the B.C.D. club, or dreams belonging to someone
else to carry upon my back and there was also the added letting go of
remaining in a house with eleven other men, thank you very much.
So my last year in high school ended up included just three things,
football, basketball and an all out full court press on studying hard
enough to pull up my grades more so that I could possible gain admission
to a decent college and where I could pursue my developing interests.
One of our most talented football players on the team, Daniel Butler
and his Mother, Mrs. Jessie Butler, felt for quite some time that I a
needed a far more nurturing home setting.
Mrs. Butler as a
working single Mother was very gracious, loving, and happily became my
3rd and final legal guardian while I was still at Clifford J. Scott High
School. I was blessed with the opportunity to continue living with the
Butler family throughout most of high school and on up until I graduated
from Holy Cross College with a B.A. in Sociology in May of 1978.
Danny was later the best man at my wedding in June of 1980 and my 23 year old son is also named Daniel.
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