My uncle was a great guy, and I wanted to work with him when I got older. I loved how he helped people and he always did his best to make sure they were safe in their homes. Last year, I was staying at his house while my parents were on vacation, and he took me on a service job with him. All he was doing was preparing the people’s furnace for winter, but I was fascinated. I couldn’t believe that such a simple thing as he was doing, could keep a family warm and safe for an entire winter. He explained what he was doing and told me why he was doing it. He laughed when he asked what I had done wrong that I had to stay with him and aunt Janie while mom and dad went away. He thought a sixteen-year-old guy would stay alone. I laughed and told him mom didn’t trust me, and I enjoyed being around him. We were talking about his HVAC company and I asked if he would consider taking me on when I got older. When he told me talk to him when I graduated from high school; I took him at his word. Right after graduating, I reminded him about his promise to let me work at the HVAC company. He told me I could work there through the summer and if I was still interested in being an HVAC technician, he would work with dad to get me into the community college and get my HVAC certification. My excitement doubled. First graduation and now an offer of a job at the HVAC company.