She drives 100 miles in sleet and ice <br />to the hospice where she works <br />because she knows that Mrs. Greene <br />is in the last stages of lung cancer. <br />She is an American Idol. <br /> <br />He gives up his only free day <br />to take his son camping <br />so that they can watch the wildlife <br />and name the trees. <br />He is an American Idol. <br /> <br />She never says a bad word <br />about what people are wearing, <br />or how they speak, <br />or what they do in the bedroom, <br />or what they believe to be true. <br />She is an American Idol. <br /> <br />He spends every other evening <br />offering free legal advice <br />to disadvantaged families; <br />he gives them vegetables <br />from his garden. <br />He is an American Idol. <br /> <br />She does not believe <br />that most poor people <br />are that way because of something they did <br />or failed to do. <br />She helps when she can. <br />She is an American Idol. <br /> <br />You don’t have to sing and dance, <br />to be an American Idol.<br /><br />Sonny Rainshine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-to-become-an-american-idol/
