Sandusky
Len Johnson did not have grandchildren - until he met 12-year-old Robert Jagel.
Len Johnson did not have grandchildren - until he met 12-year-old Robert Jagel.
75-year-old
retiree has lived alone and did not know how he belongs to a generation whose
thought is so different from his own.But the good-natured, confident boy put
him at rest immediately.
"We just
clicked," said Johnson. "He's
mature for his age, do not get scared easily. He is very hardworking and knows
that if you want something, you should go get it."Although Johnson looked
at Robert, as someone could make fishing on his boat, Robert wanted someone he
could look up to, someone who will listen.With his father in prison, Robert
said that he felt a lot of feelings he did not know what to do.
It's been almost
four years ago.
He is now 16 and
juniors at Sandusky High School.He
works five days a week Krunchie Pickle Deli and dreams of a career in the Navy
after graduation.From time to time he wrote to his father, who is entitled to
conditional release early next year, but he sometimes catches himself referring
to Johnson, "Dad."
"He listens,
he did not preach," said Robert at the Third Street home where he lives
with his mother. "He
gives me advice whether I can accept it or not. He helped me with my questions
wrath, he gave me the best way to look at life."
Want to help?
Big Brothers Big
Sisters Erie Seneca counties always needs volunteers, especially men, to become
nastavnikom.Agentstvo currently has 97 boys and girls waiting for a match. To
learn more, visit the website at mentorforkidssake.com, please call
419-626-8694 or visit the office at 904 W. Washington, Sandusky Street, to pick up an
application.
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