RIP Mrs. Bush

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“I want to be known as a wife, a mother, a grandmother,” she wrote in 1988. “That’s what I am. And I’d like to be known as someone who really cared about people and worked very, very hard to make America more literate.”
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Great Lady.

A friend of mine was a waiter at a prestigious restaurant for many years. He once told me that over the years he had served dinner to four different presidents with their wives. He said that of them all, George and Barbara Bush were the nicest and appeared to be the couple most happy to be having dinner together, enjoying each other's company. Maybe that doesn't count for much to a lot of people in the grand scheme of things. It counts a lot to me.
 
Thoughts and prayers to the Bush family, the world lost a great lady with her passing. In a way she epitomized the sort of grandmotherly matriach of the Greatest Generation, kind, dignified, concerned for those less fortunate than her, and accepting of others, she'll be missed.
 
I bet Mrs Bush was a great grandma. Great meaning good at it, not having 2 gens of grand children.. did she? I dunno.
IMO, she was the last 'real' first lady we had. To me, it seems that the 'first ladies' since just havent captured that 'Mother to the Nation' vibe that most of the truly notable First Ladies seemed to have. They were either just background noise, or definitely less than motherly...

You know, first lady is a wierd title.. the more you say it and type it, the more fake the words look. Words are wierd.

Enjoy the second part of the ride, Mrs. Bush!
 
I met and spoke to her briefly a couple times when I lived in Houston. She and George used to go to a lot of shows, games and various events around town. My wife and I sat at the table next to them at dinner one night and exchanged hellos. While exciting, it was also really weird. Being so close and speaking to them but knowing any wrong moves and the SS would be one us in an instant. They came into a show I was at one time and the place erupted in applause. She was always a very nice and super genuine to anyone who spoke her.

She always seemed to have that nice but stern personality that grandmothers often have. A grandmother that would do anything for you but as soon as you got out of line, the hammer would come down!
 
I was on a shipment cruise from canada on a boat someone I knew bought. We stopped in Kennebunkport on our way south and we happened to dock up next to a secret service runabout on a fueling dock. They were there with the Bush family. They seemed pretty cool, they said working with them (the Bush fam) was great and seemed like working for family. I know those fellas are pretty service oriented, but you know it makes the job better when you get along with the folks you've been assigned to. Speaks to being good people in general, as opposed to elitist assholes. Didn't get to meet any of the family tho, they were heading back to where they were staying after whatever it was they were out doing on the water.
 
I shed a tear and said a prayer for Barbara Bush when I heard yesterday. From an outsider's point of view, I think she defined Grandmother.

Added: Watched the entire funeral service on TV.
 
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