Friday, April 20, 2018

Barbara Bush, 1925-2018



As you probably know, First Lady Barbara Bush is lying in repose in her home church here in Houston. What you might not know, is that her Secret Service detail will not leave her side until she is buried. And that her husband of 73 years is sitting in front of her casket right now, greeting mourners as they pass by. 


What a fine legacy this Godly and personable woman has left. She didn't run for anything, she went where her husband did, and found her own calling, which she was still energizing up until recently. She was as comfortable with JJ Watt or the other former presidents as she was with regular folks, some of whom she knew were disadvantaged. She worked for decades to give them something that could not be taken away from them. Literacy and confidence.

Security is tight, traffic is a mess, and lines are long, but people are coming by to pay their last respects to someone they maybe never knew personally, but whom she touched or influenced. We should all be so generous and witty and others oriented. God Bless the Bushes, and all of us as we try to learn from Barbara how to treat each other.



Rest in Peace, Barbara Bush.