But my story—or at least how I’ve always told it—was never the kind of narrative that made everyone sit up and take notice. We yearn for that showstopping tale—that one-sentence pitch that captures something magical about America; that hooks you and won’t let you go. Mine wasn’t it. Yet there is another story of my life; one that I believe is as inspiring as any other. I wish I had claimed it and told it more proudly.
