Broncos Legend Shannon Sharpe Narrates a Special Story About His Grandmother on the Eve of Mother’s Day

The Broncos legend Shannon Sharpe often gets teary-eyed when he talks about his grandmother. Shannon’s grandma played a pioneering role in carving his personality. On the eve of Mother’s day, like everybody else, Sharpe recalled the contributions of his mom and grandmother in his life.

Taking to Twitter, he shared an old video snippet for the fans where he narrated a special story about the humbleness of his grandmother. He captioned the video, “The engine that drove me, Mary Viola Porter.

In the video, he goes on to say, “When I was 12 years old, I told my mom I said, ‘Mom, I’m gonna have some money one day, and I’m gonna buy your Mercedes,’ and I did. When I came and I asked my grandmother, I said, ‘Granny, what do you want ?’ I say, ‘You want me to buy your car? And teach you how to drive?’ She said, ‘No son, son, I don’t want that”’ Sharpe said.

“I said, ‘Granny, Do you want jewelry?’ She said, ‘No son. I don’t want that.’ She says, ‘Son, I want a decent house.’ I said, ‘granny, what is a decent home?'”

“And I remember it like yesterday, and it was 30+ years ago. She said, ‘Son, I want to go to bed one night’. And she said, ‘Oh God, make it rain, as hard as you possibly can, and I want him to let it rain all night long. And I want to wake up the next morning and not be wet.’ That’s a decent home for my grandma. That’s all she wanted.” Sharpe narrated the story.

Shannon Sharpe: an inspiration

Today, Sharpe might have enough wealth to accommodate generations to come, but his early life was filled with lots of struggles. In all these problems, his grandmother was the torch-bearer in his life.

While Sharpe got inducted into the pro-football Hall of Fame in 2011, he reminisced about the greatness and value of his grandmother, Mary Viola Porter, in his upbringing. She breathed her last on the 8th of July 2011, just one month before his Hall of Fame induction. Porter was just 89.

Raising Shannon, his older brother Sterling and other siblings in poverty was really tough. Despite having dozens of members in a 1000-square-foot shack, she managed to feed them and take care of the kids in all possible manner.

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The house was deprived of basic amenities. It never had proper running water, central heating, or air conditioner. If they wanted to use a bathroom, they had to walk to the nearby woods.

The house had no paneling or proper insulation. It was built with cinder blocks. As a result, during the summers, it was too hot, and in winters the floor became too cold. Thus having a proper house for survival is all that Porter desired in her life.

“My grandmother didn’t teach me how to throw a ball. She didn’t teach me how to catch a ball…She taught me how to be a man.” the former Denver Broncos tight end said in his induction speech. It’s great to see how things have changed for him. His efforts and hard work finally paid off.

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