Three Words that give me hope and joy... The Obama Foundation. I'm in! Read The Letter.

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“I’m in.”

When Michelle and I came back from vacation, we found this note from a woman named Sindhu waiting for us. I’m proud of Michelle for the difference she made in this young woman’s life, and I’m inspired by Sindhu’s story — so I thought I’d share it with you today.

Read to the end (you won’t regret it) and please add your voice. We want to hear from you, too.


Happy International Women’s Day,

Barack



To: Barack and Michelle Obama
From: Sindhu I.
Date: January 21, 2017
Subject: I’m in

One day in Fall 1996, an idealistic 17-year old Indian girl was inspired while sitting in a chapel. She didn’t remember the name of the woman who spoke. But she will never forget the fire that was lit to make something of her life, and to use that life to serve others. That week, she signed up to be a volunteer at the hospital and signed up for an after-school program teaching creative writing and literature for underserved children in the community.

Twenty-one years later, that girl is now a 38-year old woman, a bit older in body, sometimes a bit jaded, but much younger in spirit. That woman fires up medical students to be passionate about behavioral sciences and psychiatry, serves children and adults struggling with mental illness, and continues an after-school outreach program to teach 6th graders about how to care for their mental health. That torch lit as a freshman at the University of Chicago continues to be ablaze.

That 17-year old was me. I later found out that the inspirational powerhouse of a woman who spoke was Michelle Obama.

So much more: click on the link in the tweet...it will take you to the letter. When I posted it takes you to a general site.

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Few have touched my life the way Michelle and Barack have. They give me hope...we may be on a side street right now. All we have to do is get to the end and take a left.


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