27M views · 569K reactions | This 6th-grade teacher once wrote "invite me to your Harvard graduation!" on a student's report card. More than 20 years later, the student did just that. https://cnn.it/2KXQCsK | CNN | Facebook

SON IS ASHAMED OF HIS ONE-EYED MOTHER, INVITES ANOTHER WOMAN TO HIS GRADUATION-10 YEARS LATER REALIZES HIS MISTAKE He Refused to Let His One-Eyed Mother Attend His Graduation—Years Later, He Learned the Truth Most people didn’t even know Derek Ryder had a mother. From childhood through high school, he never invited friends home or talked about her. When he started dating, he’d lie: “My mother is funny religious, she won’t let me date.” The truth? Derek was ashamed. His mother, Gail, had one eye