ISBN: 1958729507 9781958729502

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Medical (incl. Patients)

Page count: 234

<p>"I wish I could just die," I said to myself as my teeth chattered and my body shook with cold. Knowing I would probably still wake in the morning with my hair frozen to the door, I curled up in a ball, trying to find some warmth in the car that was my bedroom. Sadness consumed me like an infection; it had become the norm for me to wake up every day feeling broken.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Most nights like this, all I could hope for was to die in my sleep to be rid of the pain. Despite the terrible nights, I still woke up, dressed, and went to my only refuge, my high school.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This was my life, often alone, cold, sad, and hungry. My youth was different than most, but this was my reality.</p> <p><br></p> <p>However, despite the hardship that was my life and being homeless, something led me on, something saw me through. I survived, I found hope, and eventually, a life even better than I had imagined. Even though I so often faced darkness, I discovered light, laughter, and happiness.</p> <p><br></p> <p>I journeyed from that broken, homeless teenager sleeping in the car to eventually being a Medical Doctor at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins. But most important of all, I found me, I found joy.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This is my story.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Homeless to Hopkins.</p> <p><br></p>