From the moment I cracked open the pages of Homeless to Hopkins, I was hooked. The author, Christopher L. Smith, is a doctor at Johns Hopkins hospital, and this memoir is his unique story on how he got there. Without spoilers, I will say, the troubles he overcame to become a respected doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital is nothing short of extraordinary.
Despite the odds stacked against him, he succeeds. His journey is filled with heartache and struggle, yet through it all, he never loses hope. Homeless to Hopkins is all abut perseverance and the importance of believing in yourself. This book will make you feel like anything is possible, because it is. I cannot recommend this book enough. After I turned the last page and closed the book, I couldn’t help but smile. What a satisfying read.
Homeless to Hopkins
“I wish I could just die,” I said to myself as my teeth chattered and my body shook with cold. Knowing I would probably still wake in the morning with my hair frozen to the door, I curled up in a ball, trying to 
find some warmth in the car that was my bedroom. Sadness consumed me like an infection; it had become the norm for me to wake up every day feeling broken.
Most nights like this, all I could hope for was to die in my sleep to be rid of the pain. Despite the terrible nights, I still woke up, dressed, and went to my only refuge, my high school.
This was my life, often alone, cold, sad, and hungry. My youth was different than most, but this was my reality.
However, despite the hardship that was my life and being homeless, something led me on, something saw me through. I survived, I found hope, and eventually, a life even better than I had imagined. Even though I so often faced darkness, I discovered light, laughter, and happiness.
I journeyed from that broken, homeless teenager sleeping in the car to eventually being a Medical Doctor at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins. But most important of all, I found me, I found joy.
This is my story.
