12/13/2025
My classmates made fun of me because I'm the son of a garbage collectorโbut at graduation, I only said one sentenceโฆ and everyone fell silent and cried.
I'm Liam (18M). For as long as I can remember, my life has smelled like diesel, bleach, and the inside of a garbage truck.
My mom used to be a nursing student with a husband and a futureโuntil my dad fell at a construction site.
So to the neighborhood, she became "the trash lady."
At school, I became the "TRASH LADY'S KID."
No one wanted to sit with me. When I walked by, my classmates would deliberately pinch their noses. I never had any friends, but I never told my momโshe was convinced I had good friends at school, because I never wanted to upset her.
That's how all my school years went by.
Everyone was getting ready for graduation, but not me. I already had a plan to make it UNFORGETTABLE for myself and for everyone else.
When it was my turn to give my graduation speech, I walked to the center of the hall with the microphone and said loudly:
"My mom has been picking up your trash for years โ so today, I'M HERE TO RETURN SOMETHING YOU ALL THREW AWAY." See mor belowโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ