Personal changes help make him a family man
Tyler Housley with his children
“I never wanted to have kids. I never wanted a woman who already had kids. But I met my wife, Aida, who is eight years older than me, and she just changed me.
“Sometimes it takes someone who is more mature to change an immature person. Looking at myself in the mirror, I could truly see how much work I needed to do to change myself. It was a lot of work.
“I’m stronger now than I’ve probably ever been in my life. My job gives me the ability to take care of my family, and to help my mom and my sister when I can. I never really had that before.
“My mom, she was one of those hard-working ladies. She was by herself. I didn’t have a dad growing up. It was my grandma who really raised me because my mom, she had to work two jobs to support me.
“Seeing her work so hard is really what helped me realize what I had to do when I had a kid of my own. I knew I had to either work two jobs or have one where I get plenty of hours to take care of my family.
“Now my goal is to make enough money to buy us a house. That would be another big step toward living the American dream.”
— Tyler Housley
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