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I missed the funeral but I am glad all the living First Ladies showed up. No presidents?
Here is a picture of Hilary Clinton at Barbara Bush's Funeral:
@Gefn All first ladies attended the funeral along with Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and Kamala Harris with her husband, what's-his-name.
We Should Talk More About Dying, Cause You Willby Andrew Donaldson · November 29, 2023
... Movies love the young, passionate romance, but Hollywood makes fewer films about the octogenarians trying to get their spouse of a half century to take their meds as they demand to know who they are because time and illness has robbed the mind. Not a lot of influencers who have inhabited our gyms and fitness centers with their mobile video shoots like locusts upon the harvest set up shop in rehab centers and nursing homes to portray not the latest viral fitness craze, but folks just hoping to walk to the bathroom unassisted one more time.When Jimmy Carter was wheeled into his wife’s tribute, suited and covered in a blanket bearing an image of the couple, some on social media reacted poorly. How, exactly, they expected a 99 year old man who has been in hospice since February and just lost his wife of nearly 80 years is supposed to look was not addressed. ...What did you see in that frail, dying man, and did you learn the lesson of life that was preached by Rosalynn Carter during her 96 years of life?Far from revolting, or scary, or drawing pity, the scene at the front of the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church was one of great beauty. Not because of the pomp and sober circumstance, or the dignitaries, or the great words. In Jimmy Carter we saw a man putting the period on the end of the last sentence in a great story of personal love and integrity. ...
https://ordinary-times.com/2023/11/29/we-should-talk-more-about-dying-cause-you-will/A thoughtful discussion about the reactions and responses to Mrs. Carter's death and funeral service.Excerpt:
I was very touched by the photo of Carter at the funeral. No matter, at this time, about politics.
Thank you. @Right_in_Virginia