Umbrella Transition Program Magazine

more and more passionate about it.” And she’s watched his program grow. “My son really does care about these guys.” So, what does Rodney’s mother think about his MMA fighting? She shares that when he was young, he loved wrestling and had fun

business was what I decided to do.” She has the skills for it. “I'm very organized; I like to keep things in order. I’m actually throwing a party at my house this weekend –Rodney asked if it would be okay, and I said yes. And everybody will get together–we’re really big on holidays.” Big family, great been because I'm not very judgmental. I will try to talk you out of bad things, but I don't just say, ‘No, don't do that.’ I don't judge people, especially young people, and for some reason, young people really like to be around me, so I decided that this is something that would be great to do.” Perhaps that’s where Rodney—or Alex—gets it from. communication. “I'm really good at talking to young people—I always have

challenging his towering father! But the true rite of passage was that Rodney had to beat his mother at arm wrestling. Once he could do that, the rest was gravy. When does her new business start? “I have a son who was born on my mom's birthday, so I got my license on their birthday to make myself official. I completely launched on August 5th, which would have been my dad's birthday.” When her dad passed away, he left her some

money, which she held onto. “I've always been the type of person who wanted to do things for myself, and I've been married twenty-four years coming next month. I decided that it was time to do something with that money. Starting this

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