I knew that I didn’t want kidney failure to be my only reason to give up on my life. I would constantly pray and ask for guidance and ask for a grateful heart. Unable to go on vacation without the interruption of going to find a dialysis center. Playing with my daughter was a challenge as my body would physically shut down after treatments. Not being able to enjoy the little moments. Incapable of being the father I wanted to be. I would constantly ask myself, WHY? WHY me? WHY did I deserve this? That was my life for two years feeling limited and incapable of being myself for the life I planned. I was 24 years old, the youngest person in the room surrounded by elders in their fifties and over. It wasn’t a sugar coated, “you may die,” it was an “you WILL die!" The doctors put me on dialysis three times a week for four hours which was physically and mentally exhausting plus on top of that, each day I would need to take a handful of medicine for the rest of my life. That I had kidney failure and if I didn’t take the next course of actions, I would die. I was sitting on a hospital bed as doctors came in the room and told me how my life as I imagined would never be the same. Finally, a year to be a master of my abilities. At age 24, my Kobe year, a year many would say is a year of greatness. Reading that quote reminded me the reason I began this journey. ![]() “Nothing is certain except death and taxes." -Benjamin Franklin Please take the time to read a little about my journey to becoming an entrepreneur. would like to welcome you to Madison’s Accounting and Tax Services.
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