My Story began
through the eyes of a child.
"Before expectations.
Before the noise.
Before I knew who I'd become."
Before the noise.
Before I knew who I'd become."
Every book has a first chapter.
This is mine..
This is mine..
My Story began
through the eyes of a child.
"Before expectations.
Before the noise.
Before I knew who I'd become."
Before the noise.
Before I knew who I'd become."
Every book has a first chapter.
This is mine..
This is mine..
The night everything changed
I was fourteen years old.
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BOY I USED TO BE
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I was
fourteen
years old.
"I still thought I had
my whole life
ahead of me."
my whole life
ahead of me."
I had no idea
tomorrow would
change everything.
tomorrow would
change everything.
REMEMBERING
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BOY I USED TO BE
The first
photograph
after everything
changed.
"I was fifteen.
I had no idea how long
this journey would become.
I only knew
I wasn't going home."
I had no idea how long
this journey would become.
I only knew
I wasn't going home."
This photograph reminds me
that even then,
my story wasn't over.
that even then,
my story wasn't over.
The first photograph after everything changed.
"I was fifteen.
I had no idea how long
this journey would become.
I only knew
I wasn't going home."
I had no idea how long
this journey would become.
I only knew
I wasn't going home."
This photograph reminds me
that even then,
my story wasn't over
that even then,
my story wasn't over
A promise I intend to keep
"My grandfather didn't come to remind me of who I had been.
He came to remind me of who I could still become."
I made a promise to myself.
If I ever earned another chance...
I wouldn't waste it.
He came to remind me of who I could still become."
I made a promise to myself.
If I ever earned another chance...
I wouldn't waste it.
That promise became the foundation of every decision that followed.
THE STORY
A promise
I intend
to keep
My grandfather didn't come to remind me of who I had been
He came to remind me of who I could still become.
I made a promise to myself.
If iI ever earned another chance...
I wouldn't waste it.
He came to remind me of who I could still become.
I made a promise to myself.
If iI ever earned another chance...
I wouldn't waste it.
That promise became the foundation of every decision that followed
Freedom wasn't the finish line.
I walked out carrying more than my belongings.
I carried a promise.
Everything I would become
Started with the choices I made next.
I carried a promise.
Everything I would become
Started with the choices I made next.
The rebuilding had begun.
Freedom wasn't the finish line.
"I walked out carrying more than my belongings.
I carried a promise.
Everything I would become
Started with the choices I made next."
I carried a promise.
Everything I would become
Started with the choices I made next."
The rebuilding had begun.