Reaching for a Dream

I read a story today on CNN about Kenneth Chancey. He's a seventeen year old high school junior, but that's where his similarity to other kids his age stops. Kenneth lives in a shelter with his father and sister. I don't know how long the link to the story will stay active, but here it is.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/24/homeless.to.harvard/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

You would think someone with life that tough is bitter, that he'd bemoan his lot in life. But he doesn't. He has an amazing attitude and I found my heart aching for him, wishing I were rich enough to help him realize his dream of going to Harvard and becoming a doctor. Since I can't help pay his way, what I can do is write an e-mail letter to the president of Harvard and let him know about Kenneth. Will you send an email letter as well? Who knows? Maybe Harvard has a scholarship for Kenneth. The e-mail address for Harvard's president Drew Faust is president@harvard.edu

Say a prayer for this young man, that he does reach his dreams. The world needs people like him, especially as doctors.