Get Back on Your Feet, and I’ll Wash Your Shoes to Support You

(A realistic, relatable story of entrepreneurship)

No matter how poor you are, you can always beg for a living. As long as you don't die, you'll eventually make something of yourself.

I'm not good with words, but I made my way in the world by washing shoes, only to be driven to the brink by my own family.

I struggled and fought to survive when all seemed lost.

Stand tall. I'll wash shoes to support you, my childhood sweetheart told me.

Stand tall. I'll wash shoes to support you, I told my father, the campus beauty, and everyone around me who had helped me.