Instead, 8-year-old Uziyah Garcia became one of the victims of the Texas school massacre.
During a school holiday earlier this spring, his grandfather took several pictures of Uziyah, whom he describes as the nicest guy I have known.
Uziyah is one of at least 19 children killed in the attack on Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde. In addition, a teacher, Eve Mireles, who had taught at the school for 17 years, was murdered.
The students at the school go in grades two to four and are between seven and ten years old.