MacKinnon: Inspired by a 10-year-old shoeshine boy
When my best friend from my Dorchester childhood – Gerry Donovan – paid me a visit a few months ago, that missing ingredient flashed before my eyes. When I was but 12 years of age, it was 10-year-old Gerry and his incredible work ethic, which inspired me at precisely the most needed time of my life.
Source: bostonherald.com