05/30/2026
Love this picture of Camden as it says so much š
His graduating class just voted him āBest Carā and āMost Likely to Be Richā ā and honestly, those plates tell a bigger story than most people will ever know.
Camden has never been the top of his class academically, even though heās more than capable of it. But what heās built outside the classroom is what Iām most proud of.
He started his own landscaping and snow removal business at 14. Added car detailing at 16. And after buying his first car, he taught himself to fix and flip vehicles ā turning a skill most people never develop into something real.
Hereās the part Iāll be honest about: I couldnāt hand him a vehicle. I couldnāt help with gas, insurance, or anything extra ā I was just getting by myself when I started my own journey 3.5 years ago. But Camden was the one who listened. He was the one who started coming to the gym with me. He was the one who watched, learned, and then went and built something with his own two hands.
Iām still hard on him most days, because I know what heās capable of. But every so often I have to reel myself in and just look at how far heās already come.
I used to feel guilty that I didnāt find my own path sooner so I could give him more. But Iāve come to understand that everything Iāve walked through ā and everything Iāve been able to pass on to him ā is exactly what helped shape the young man heās becoming.
Gradās at the end of June. Couldnāt be prouder of you, son. š