Showing posts with label Shout-out of the Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shout-out of the Week. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2011
Shout-out of the Week: Angels Among Us
This week's Shout-out goes to my good friend Brad Snyder whose protracted journey to accompany Akaliza - a Rwandan orphan with a congenital heart defect - to the United States for surgery, was covered by the Chicago Tribune recently. Brad is one of the most genuine and thoughtful people I've ever met and his ability to care about the plight of those less fortunate is amazing to watch. Brad is the kind of person who gives and gives, even when he doesn't have much left over for himself, as you'll read in the article that covers December's harrowing journey.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Shout-out of the Week
You surely recognize the name Barbara Bush from her family's prominent position in national politics over the past twenty five years. She is one of the co-founders of my fellowship, Global Health Corps, and last week, she did something very brave. She came out (no pun intended, or maybe it is) in support of gay marriage.
This week's Shout-Out is for Barbara, because she has the guts to stand up for, in front of the entire nation and the world, what she believes in. Whether it's equal access to healthcare for everyone, or equal access to making a lifetime commitment to the person you love, Barbara follows her heart. Talk about letting your conscience be your guide. To top it all off, she's incredibly down to earth, warm, and funny. Love you Babs!
This week's Shout-Out is for Barbara, because she has the guts to stand up for, in front of the entire nation and the world, what she believes in. Whether it's equal access to healthcare for everyone, or equal access to making a lifetime commitment to the person you love, Barbara follows her heart. Talk about letting your conscience be your guide. To top it all off, she's incredibly down to earth, warm, and funny. Love you Babs!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Shout-out of the Week
I've managed to keep up pretty well with my feature "Photo of the Week", but slacked off on the Shout-Out of the Week. So let's try a reboot.
This week's shout-out goes to my mom, Victoria. In addition to being a complete badass (she broke her foot and then managed to organize and coordinate my cousin Nathan's wedding less than a week later all while wearing a boot on her foot), she's really been great at staying in touch with me while I've been so far away.
As someone who could generally care less about the latest iPhone or the newest internet phenomenon, I've been really impressed and grateful with how she's started using Gchat to keep in touch and just check in on a regular basis. She keeps me updated on everything that's happening at home and really makes an effort to make sure that even though I'm far away, I'm still in her thoughts. When she took my brother Blake and some of his friends to a UNC basketball game last weekend, she made sure that they called me and sang the UNC fight song to me, with an emphasis on the "Go to hell Duke!" part. One day, when I was feeling a bit homesick and sentimental, I put my status message as "Gone to Carolina in my mind", a reference to the famous James Taylor song. That night, I received an email from her that contained a collage of images from UNC's campus and a really sweet message from her.
While all of that is great, there's something that makes my mom even cooler. In March, she'll be taking her spring break (and the week after) to fly across the Atlantic to visit me. Even better, her oldest sister, my Aunt Joan will be coming as well. This is a HUGE deal for me, especially since the plane tickets alone cost well above $1000. I am so excited and grateful that she's taking the time, money, and effort to come visit me on the other side of the world. We traveled throughout Italy earlier this year and had a blast as she showed me around a country she had known 30 years ago. I can only imagine the fun we'll have as we explore this little country I've come to love so much.
Three cheers for my mom! Love you!
This week's shout-out goes to my mom, Victoria. In addition to being a complete badass (she broke her foot and then managed to organize and coordinate my cousin Nathan's wedding less than a week later all while wearing a boot on her foot), she's really been great at staying in touch with me while I've been so far away.
As someone who could generally care less about the latest iPhone or the newest internet phenomenon, I've been really impressed and grateful with how she's started using Gchat to keep in touch and just check in on a regular basis. She keeps me updated on everything that's happening at home and really makes an effort to make sure that even though I'm far away, I'm still in her thoughts. When she took my brother Blake and some of his friends to a UNC basketball game last weekend, she made sure that they called me and sang the UNC fight song to me, with an emphasis on the "Go to hell Duke!" part. One day, when I was feeling a bit homesick and sentimental, I put my status message as "Gone to Carolina in my mind", a reference to the famous James Taylor song. That night, I received an email from her that contained a collage of images from UNC's campus and a really sweet message from her.
While all of that is great, there's something that makes my mom even cooler. In March, she'll be taking her spring break (and the week after) to fly across the Atlantic to visit me. Even better, her oldest sister, my Aunt Joan will be coming as well. This is a HUGE deal for me, especially since the plane tickets alone cost well above $1000. I am so excited and grateful that she's taking the time, money, and effort to come visit me on the other side of the world. We traveled throughout Italy earlier this year and had a blast as she showed me around a country she had known 30 years ago. I can only imagine the fun we'll have as we explore this little country I've come to love so much.
Three cheers for my mom! Love you!
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| Mom at WCHS homecoming 2010. |
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Shout-out of the Week
Something I'd like to do here is every week send love or thanks to a particular person or people. Because I spend a lot of time thinking about my family and friends and you're great to me!
This week's shout-out goes to my boyfriend Alex (I know, kinda lame to start with the obvious) because he's been so great during my first seven weeks here. Not only is he diligently putting together a box of goodies for me (including a new keyboard for my laptop when I broke my L key attempting to clean underneath it), but he happily spends time working through practice GMAT questions with me, walking me through how to reset my wireless internet router (it's not easy!) or a hundred other things.
He's da bestest!
This week's shout-out goes to my boyfriend Alex (I know, kinda lame to start with the obvious) because he's been so great during my first seven weeks here. Not only is he diligently putting together a box of goodies for me (including a new keyboard for my laptop when I broke my L key attempting to clean underneath it), but he happily spends time working through practice GMAT questions with me, walking me through how to reset my wireless internet router (it's not easy!) or a hundred other things.
He's da bestest!
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