What if I told you... I used to be homeless, in another country, sleeping on a park bench and eating out of a bakery's dumpster, when I was 14....That I was declared dead once on an operating table.....And that I have been read the last rights two other times in my life...That I have also been kicked out of three different high schools four different times....And at 16 years old, I had all but ruined my life and isolated myself from everyone I know and love.Still reading? Must be a glutton for punishment.. There's a happy ending, I promise….So… what if I told you, that AFTER all that:-I have been completely clean and sober since I was 16-I am going to medical school next year to become a surgeon who helps children with cancer.-I retired from a lucrative career because I made enough money to be comfortable and pursue my own dreams.-I have a pretty awesome roommate, a baby pitbull (who is a cancer survivor!) who I love, I put his picture up here, I also have a boxer rescue I just adopted-I have an amazing job, working with people with developmental disabilities (There are some pictures of the people I work with up there too.)-I have an amazing bond with my family.-I have the best friends in the world.-I have worked on myself and developed into a man with a huge heart, a giver, romantic, kind, generous, honest to a fault, accountable, dependable, a great listener, a hard worker and someone who cares too much.-I am the most spiritual person you will ever meet.-I will never go back to the life I used to have.-But, I still have a lot of great stories to tell.