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Last bit needed to get back to work

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When I was 23, I started a business from scratch, and soon became a capable and experienced businessman, with enough money to pay the bills and then some! Over the next ten years, I grew it into something I could truly be proud of. Then, suddenly, I went from otherwise healthy to congestive heart failure. It turns out I had a pre-existing condition caused by an enlarged heart. I was going to have to take months off the business to get a procedure (a catheter ablation) and give my heart time to rest and heal. This would have spelled the end of my business, so I had to sell it fast and cheap while it was still worth anything. I'm fully recovered from my health issues, but I'm unemployed in an economy where jobs definitely don't grow on trees, and I've had to use the money from the sale to pay the bills and eat. Now, since I was a child, I've wanted to own a bookstore...even in today's world of wondrous technology, I know that many people still love the feel of a book in their hands, the smell of old pages...I know that printed books still have a place in our world. Now it turns out that a highly successful used bookstore in my area is for sale - and it happens to be my favorite store! But I'm not just a dreamer...I'm an experienced businessman. I've done all the research and confirmed that it is a profitable venture - one that could set me and my family up for life, with my hard work and dedication. It'll never make me rich, but it will make me secure...and I'd rather be happy and slightly broke than have nothing except money. With my savings and a few loans, and with the money this campaign has raised, I'm only $2,000 away from being able to buy my dream job! Please consider donating and sharing so that I can once again hold my head up high and be a part of my local business community! So that I can stop depending on those around me, and once again give back. Remember, the further this spreads, the more eyes are on it - and the more eyes are on it, the more donations I'll get! So even if you can't donate, YOUR share could be the one i need to achieve my goals! TL;DR: Experienced businessman has saved and borrowed ALMOST enough to buy his dream business after sudden illness took his last one away from him and his family.

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David Wisniewski
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Turlock, CA

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