Chapter 11 - The Daughter Who Almost Lost Everything Became the Guardian of the Family's New LegacyFive years later, Alice became CEO.
I attended the board meeting.
She presented a new mission statement.
Sterling Industries will measure success not only by profit, but by the lives strengthened by it.
The board approved.
I smiled.
Afterward, Alice approached.
“You were right.”
“About what?”
“The company needed to change.”
I nodded.
“It did.”
“So did we.”
I smiled.
“Yes.”
She gave me a framed photograph.
It was the old warehouse.
The first one.
The place where I had begun.
Underneath was one sentence:
SHE BUILT AN EMPIRE. THEN SHE GAVE IT A PURPOSE.
I cried.
“Who wrote this?”
“You.”
“I did not.”
May you like
“You taught me.”
That meant more than any award.
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