RISE
BURN
REPEAT
A NOVEL INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
A MOTHER'S ANTHEM
The Hidden Powers of Mothers
Crack open a seed and you’ll find nothing—yet it grows into a tree, a forest, a force.
That is a mother. A homemaker may seem to bring “nothing,” yet her unseen love, care, and values become everything.
Mothers often wonder: Have I given enough?
Miriam’s life says yes. After Preston, she bore 14 children, each arrival stealing hours from his boyhood. She missed moments, yet lit a flame that never went out. She taught herself English, not for pride but for her children’s future. She devoured books, lived her lessons, sent Preston to his first seminar, and whispered prayers that shaped his path.
What she lacked in presence, she gave in spirit—discipline, learning, courage, an open mind. Her story reminds us: the world may overlook mothers, but greatness often begins in the invisible gifts only they can give.
A FATHER'S LEGACY
Dream Big - The Legacy of a Father
When Preston dropped out of school, his father Bart didn’t crush his choices. He gave him space—and something greater: the courage to dream big.
That is a father’s highest service. While many boys clip their wings under criticism, Bart said, “100 times more is possible.” And he lived it. He pressed Preston to hold dreams until they became goals, and goals until they became reality.
For Bart, promise and delivery were one. Vision, discipline, persistence—these became Preston’s super-wings, built not of fantasy but of faith and labor.
Above all, Bart’s devotion to family shaped him. He built more than houses; he built a home of loyalty, faith, and love. From this, Preston drew not only the strength to succeed in business, but the compass to succeed in life.
Character above circumstances
Shadows followed him — the weight of his community’s bad reputation because of the judgment of people who saw the worst in a few. He could have been crushed by it.
Instead, he chose another measure: character. He let his own actions define his worth, not whispers.
That is the lesson for us all: the world may try to write your story in ink you never touched, but only your choices decide who you are.
Preston shows us that resilience is not about escaping shadows but outshining them.
Preston's Journey
At 13, he laid down his books and picked up construction alongside his father. He risked his future on hard labor, betting on grit instead of school.
That risk became his rise. But success was not a straight line. There was a day when betrayal broke his business, when money vanished, and Preston found himself digging half-empty popcorn buckets out of the trash just to eat. Most would have quit. He refused.
From that rock bottom, he rose like a Phoenix, fiercer and wiser. Brick by brick, he built again — not only a business but an empire. Alongside him was the love of his life, his wife — offering steadiness when the world rocked, anchoring him when storms came, and standing as his constant partner in every endeavor.
Today his wealth is measured not only in dollars but in loyalty, in coming through with his word, in becoming a father, husband, and leader who lifts others as he climbs. For every teenager who feels unseen, Preston’s story thunders with hope: you are not bound by what you lack, but by how fiercely you rise, burn bright to bring light to everyone, and repeat.
This Story will...
If you are a TEEN, it will show you that your beginnings don’t define your future — resilience does.
If you are SINGLE, it will remind you that the battles you fight now can build the foundation for everything ahead.
If you are a PARENT, it will reveal how your unseen sacrifices and values shape generations.
If you are a GRANDPARENT, it will affirm that your legacy of faith, character, and love carries forward in ways you may never see, but that endure forever.
