On Adams Street, you can hear kids laughter and see the love of a grandfather.

Jose Lopez lives with his son, daughter-in-law, two grandchildren and also takes care of his great-niece from time to time. Lopez is a native of Mexico, but got a green card and came to America in 1976.

“(I came to America) for work, food, women, everything,” Lopez said, in broken English, in hope of realizing part of the “American Dream.”

Even when he worked long hours, he would still find time to play with his grandchildren Marina Campos, 5, and Victor Campos, 3. “He plays with them all the time no matter how tired he is,” his daughter-in-law Brittany Daugherty said.

Lopez works on tobacco farms in the summer and whenever he can find construction work, but with summer ending work it’s becoming harder to find. “The work is stopped for now,” said Lopez, through the use of a translator.

While working on the tobacco farm, Lopez makes about $150 a week. “It is little money and hard work,” Lopez said. He said he made the same amount of money after getting his green card. “It is no good.”

When Lopez doesn’t work, typically during winter months, he gets three months worth of food stamps to help feed himself and his family.

Lopez moved in with his family six months ago because it was in the center of Bowling Green and closer to work, as he helps to support his grandchildren. “(I) want to make money so the kids don’t have to,” Lopez said. “It is good to see them be taken care of.”