Never Give Up

Although I Was Born Into Poverty I'D Worked Hard My Entire Life. As A Child I Worked Long Hard Hours On The Farm. As A Youth I Left Home In Search Of A Better Life For Myself And My Two Sons Landing Work That I Was Ashamed Of To This Day. After I Came To America I Continued Working Hard To Provide For My Families In The United States And Southeast Asia And To Bring My Sons To America Where I Thought They Would Have A Better Life. My Success In America Stemmed In Large Part From My Ability To Care For People With Severe Developmental Disabilities. With This Talent I Built A Company That Eventually Employed Sixty-Five People And Provided Care For Dozens Of Individuals. Throughout It All I Believed In Family. In Fact I Believed In The Concept Of Family So Strongly That Looking Back I See That It Often Skewed The Reality Of My Situation. In 2014 After Illness And A Series Of Challenges Put My Career As A Health-Care Provider On Hold I Found Myself In Extremely Unfamiliar Territory-I Was Forced To Take A Hard Look At My Life And Reexamine My Beliefs And Values. And What I'Ve Come To Realize In Part Is That My Fortune That I Discovered In America Has Also Been The Root Of My Problems.