Thank you, Sao, for sharing your story.
I hope that this proves to be the inspirational guidepost you intended. I take that back. I know it will be. It's that powerful.
What I took away most acutely from your narrative is that we can all draw a line in the sand and say "this is it." And that' s important -- a no ands, ifs or buts start to the journey. It's the gameplan we put in place after that that helps us make it a reality. It means summoning our grit. It's all very doable.
Yours is a poignant, encouraging story. Thank you again for sharing it. I am so proud of you.