Gabrielle Acevedo, 8-year-old hero, buried today in NYC

[BeyondGeography]

Gabby Acevedo was my daugher's age. She went to school steps away from where I live.

She was so determined to keep up with her schoolwork even while she was dying of leukemia that she'd do homework in her hospital bed while her nose would bleed.

She's being buried this afternoon, after her funeral mass, which happens in the church where my daughter was baptized.

There was a cover story in the Daily News just last week about her. She won a prize for a story she wrote based on the tale of a frog whose quest to jump out of a bathtub symbolizes life's ups and downs, which obviously related to her own situation. Her death made the local TV news. Many, many New Yorkers have been touched by her story.

Primo Levi once said if you knew about all the suffering in the world it would overwhelm you, because there's too much to take in. Every now and then, we get a real glimpse of what he meant.

Say a prayer, or in some way, please take a moment to recognize this girl and her mother.

Thanks.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/185590p-160719c.html

[flamingyouth]

1. RIP, Gabby

What a sad story. I absolutely cannot bear to hear about children suffering like that; it makes me weep vociferously.:cry:But I'm glad you shared this with us and that I read the article.:hug:

[papau]

2. May God bless and keep her always .... Amen

A sad story - a hero, a little girl

One never "get's over" death - only time dulls the pain.

A prayer for Gabrielle Acevedo, her mother, and all who knew her.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. What a tear-jerker. I am so sorry

I have a friend with this last name. I wonder if it could be a relative.:-(