“We are nothing fancy or rich,” says Clint Tucker, “but in my eyes, I’m the richest man in the world because of my angels.”
Ask anyone to describe Clint, 33, and he or she won’t talk about how easy his life is or how he is currently in the middle of a divorce. Instead, people paint the portrait of a man filled with love and loyalty, one trying to live a simple and honest life, raising his 1- and 2- year-old daughters, Savannah “Scooter” and Makayla “Kay Kay” Tucker, and juggling single fatherhood with owning and running Tucker Auto Repair in Owensboro.
He is the kind of man who doesn’t drink when it is his week to keep the girls or to drive fast when they are in his car.
Behind this man stands a village: a cast of family and friends who support and help him succeed. Clint’s father and his stepdaughter help out in the auto shop, a place where work is taken seriously, yet is punctuated by the girls’ arrival. They transport this masculine, greasy environment into a space littered with toys and filled with giggles.
Clint and the girls live next door to his parents’ home, where Clint discovered his passion for mechanics, and down the dirt road from his brother and sister-in-law. A tight-knit family, they are often found eating dinner at one another’s houses, huddling around bonfires and crafting s’mores on the family’s spacious land.
At any given moment, Clint’s mom, Brenda Tucker, is brushing Kay Kay’s hair while Clint is readying Scooter for bed. His sister-in-law chases the girls around the land while his brother helps Clint grill the steaks and burgers.
It’s not easy, raising a family and owning a business as a single dad, but no one can say that Clint does not dedicate every minute to being a loving father and diligent worker.
