Little Obama

As he came to center stage, the audience chuckled at the sharp little boy with the demeanor of a young gentleman. He represents the nation on a critical issue – sickle cell anemia. I’ve bragged on him a bit before on this blog, but this past weekend he made us all proud as he addressed a crowd of thousands. Gabriel George was a speaker at the North American Division Youth & Young Adult Leadership Summit this past weekend at the Adams Mark in downtown Dallas, TX. He spoke with ease not a tremor in his tone, and the message he brought was one of hope. Gabriel has used his disease in powerful ways and addressed men and women of great respect and authority. “And I hope someday to meet future President Barack Obama…” he ignited congregation in hysterical laughter. After the uproar, came the pitch – Praise God from whom all blessings flow. As Gabriel advocates for sickle cell research, he’s multitasking as a vessel God is using to bring real solid hope we can believe in – the powerful healing hand of God.

**PHOTO TAKEN BY JAVITS**

I’m so going to be a High School Counselor

Since forever, I’ve been writing.  My mom would crack the door open to my room just after bedtime and catch me dreaming up stories on yellow notepads, while sitting under the Minnie Mouse nightlight in my room.

I love it though.  No, this post is not going to end with an announcement that I’m leaving the study of law and signing up with HISD, RRISD, or any other secondary education system.  It’s just not my nature to get obsessed over things to the extent that I can’t help others.  And well, academic advising requests seem to be my thing.

Just the other night, my childhood next door neighbor gave me a call for help on writing admissions essays.  He’s really wanting to get in to the University of Texas, and wasn’t sure how to approach the essay writing process.  I guess despite my not-so-impressive LSAT scores since I was blessed with acceptance to UT Law School (turned it down for an alleged “dream job” in icky Houston), he came to me for a boost in the right direction.  

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Here’s a message from a close family friend about a little boy known as Gabriel George…

My son, Gabriel George is an 8 year-old young man who was diagnosed with Sickle Cell disease when he was just 3 weeks old.  He is in the third grade at a Christian school in Round Rock, Texas.  He has played the violin since he was 5 years old and loves to read and play with Hot Wheels cars.  He is actively involved in his church and is well traveled.  He actually went to Kenya (Nairobi, Kisii, Kisumu, Mombasa), Austria(Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck), Germany (Munich) and Italy (Venice) this summer alone.  He is otherwise a very healthy and active young man.