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Bobby Jones

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1178 total appearances

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Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

Like still all the same stuff, you know?

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

And so like you're put in this situation where you're like, you're being told that you have to come with them, you know?

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

And so for the first few homes, me and my sister were together.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

My brother went and stayed with my grandparents.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

Yeah, I asked that question for a long time.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

And I will tell you, like, there was like, you know, there was like this feeling of like, why was I not good enough and all that kind of stuff for a long time.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

But

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

You'll hear it through my story.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

I've come to grips with the things that have happened to me were meant to happen to me and I'm at peace with them.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

I forgave my grandparents a long time before anybody ever asked for forgiveness.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

They did.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

My grandfather passed in 2015.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

My grandmother got sick a few years ago and she called me and she said, I think one of the biggest mistakes I ever made was- I'll cry right now.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

She said that, yeah.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

Yeah, she said that to me, man.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

No, it was a tearjerker for me too because I didn't want her to feel like I wanted to clarify this for her as well, right?

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

Because I know that had obviously had been eaten at her.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

So she called me and she said, one of the biggest mistakes I ever made was bringing your brother in and leaving you and your sister.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

And here's the interesting part of that.

Barely Famous
From Foster Care To Founder: Bobby Jones' Second Chance Story

I mentioned that my brother is my half-brother, but these were our maternal grandparents.