Since the moment John first held his grandson, he knew that somehow they would become very close. He says the way that it happened was all an accident, as sweet as it is tragic. John always thought his daughter would overcome her destructive lifestyle; that having a son, and motherhood, would serve as a reality check, but it didn't.
"I thought she would move in with me. I had a big home, plenty of room, but the call of the wild, to the type of life, and the people didn't leave her alone. So she drifted off," John says. "I hadn't considered rearing a child at 70 odd years of age." His wife had passed away, he was a single man, he hadn't retired yet, but then a little boy changed his life. The child services ministry weren't too keen on him taking custody of his grandson. John, now in his 80s, hopes he can live long enough to see his grandson's 18th birthday so that he doesn't get put in the system. John says he would go so far as to sell his soul to the devil to protect his grandson.
All it takes is one look at how the little guy, now a few years older, embraces his granddad to see that they really do have a special bond!
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