Everyone in life has life challenges, how you deal with the challenges can determine your future.

We came across this story and it will truly inspire you to look at your challenges and maybe give you some ideas to change your life.

Just five years ago, Melissa Kieling, a mother of three, was going though a divorce. Her suburban home outside of Los Angeles was in foreclosure, her car was repossessed, and she had $13 in the bank. “It was a tragic time for my family and me. I was doing small jobs [here and there] to keep the lights on and put food on the table,” Kieling tells Yahoo Parenting. One day, her son rejected the blueberries she packed for his lunch because they had gotten warm and mushy in the bag. It made Kieling wonder how she could keep meals for her kids, Brennan, now 18; Garrett, now 16; and Emma, now 11, cold until lunchtime. Soon, PackIt was born.

Notice how she had a need for a product, just like you have had a need for products at some point in your life, read on…

Without financial support or a college degree, Kieling’s first prototype was created with her shower-curtain liner and store-bought ice packs sewn together by a dry cleaner. Today, the products, which range in price from $11.99 to $29.99, are distributed in more than 70 countries worldwide, and sold in Target, Whole Foods, and Bed Bath & Beyond. The cooler chills food for up to 10 hours, allowing parents to pack yogurt, fresh fruit, or mayo-based egg salad sandwiches.

“I don’t know if there was any formal education out there that could have prepared me for starting a business better than motherhood. You navigate unfamiliar territories, similar to having your first child,” says Kieling. For her, it was about figuring the business out as she went, not unlike being a first-time parent and trying to understand why her baby is crying. Kieling was scared, so she asked women around her for help and advice. “Women, in general, are always willing to help,” she says. “Had I not allowed myself to be vulnerable enough to ask, I wouldn’t have succeeded.”

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Melissa took a need, created a solution, and a product was born that now has her head of a 15 million dollar company.