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\"She was my bestfriend. My hype man. My partner and crime. My everything,\" Morgan wrote in the post of his mom. \"Here I am walking the stage without my bestfriend. I’m doing this for you ma.\"

His list of accomplishments on the post include graduating a year early while working as a hairdresser; being an honor society member; completing nearly all the requirements for an associate's degree in early childhood education, which he said he plans to finish up soon; and getting accepted into his top three choices for college — Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and Fort Valley State universities.

Morgan hasn't committed to any of the three yet, as he said he is still weighing his options for the future. But if he does go to college, his credits will allow him to enter as a sophomore.

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PHOTO: KJ Morgan, 17, from Georgia, honored his late mom, who aspired to be cheering at his graduation, with a photoshoot that included pictures of her.
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\"I'm still kind of deciding because I'm not sure what I want to do in life yet,\" he said, adding that he's looking at careers in teaching, cosmetology, and social media. \"There's a lot of things I can be.\"

Wherever Morgan goes in life, he plans to keep one of his mom's lessons close, he said.

\"She always told me to be myself -- 'be you.'\"

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