Heartbeats: My Greatest Challenge and My Greatest Strength

Book Synopsis: “I was in fifth grade the first time it happened."At ten years old, the world as he knew it would begin to shift in a way he had never expected. His childhood was far from normal. The existence he had come to find comfort in was going to disappear, and in its place, a new normal. When an unknown invader took control of his body, it struck fear and shame into him, his friends, and his family–each episode finding a way to rock them all to their core.The narratives he began to create for himself about who he was and what he was destined to be were all concocted from a version of himself blinded by fog and darkness. Thankfully, he was given the heartbeats who would readjust the story. These educators and coaches would remind him of who he was, rewrite his purpose with him, and not once allow him to forget what he was brought here to do: leave a legacy.Mike’s story, as told through his vulnerable eyes, brings the reminder of the opportunity educators have to change the lives of so many. You are crossing over into the pages of his story; the experiences, insights, realities, challenges, losses, fears, moments of realizations, and wins that make up his story so far. Stories not unlike those of the students who walk through our doors each day. Stories of those seeking their own purpose. Stories of those in need of their own heartbeats.

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