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Ben Napieris revealing the drastic measures he took in order to pay for college.
In anInstagramposton Tuesday, theHome Townstar, 39, shared a video that he narrated for his alma mater, the University of Mississippi, to promote their “Ole Miss Giving Day.” Alongside the video, Napier penned a powerful caption about his struggle to afford tuition after transferring to the school from a community college.
“While attending@jones_college, I lived with my best friend who convinced me to transfer to@olemiss,” Ben wrote. “@erinapiertransferred with me and for 2.5 years, I worked as hard as I could to earn a degree.”
He continued: “It took financial aid of every kind in order for me to pay for school. I worked, scored free meals, took out loans, sold plasma, traded vehicles, earned scholarships, walked to school, sublet apartments, and anything else I could think of to make ends meet.”
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The school also has a special place in the couple’s history. “My last semester on campus, I asked Erin to marry me and a year later, we had our wedding on campus,” Ben wrote.
Last August, Erinshared a sweet throwback photofrom the exact spot where their romance began at Jones College.
“Had lunch at our alma mater today, and took a picture in the spot where we met in the yearbook office,” Erin wrote besidea photo of the two in college. “We were 19 and 21 and had no idea this is what our future would be like. Still my biggest crush.”
She also included a present-day photo with her husband as they visited the same yearbook office 17 years later.
Earlier in March, Erin expressed her gratitude for Ben as he was building their home gym despite having a shoulder injury.
“Somehow despite having a torn rotator cuff and us barging in and slowing him down daily,@scotsman.cohas been building a gym in the barn and lost many lbs. and holy smokes what a babe with good blood pressure 😄,” shecaptioned a photoof Ben taking a break in the gym to spend time with their daughters.
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Last Friday, sheshared a photoof her husband after his rotator cuff surgery as he rested on the couch sporting a sling and hospital bracelet.
“Rotator cuff repaired ✅ bone spur shaved off ✅ cartilage trimmed,” she wrote.
source: people.com
