Baruch Dayan Emet
I guess this is what it feels like to mourn with a nation. For all the famous personalities who have passed away within my lifetime, this one affects me like no other has. I will be 24 on Friday, and I cannot remember a time when Senator Ted Kennedy was not my senator. In fact, he served for nearly twice as long as I have been alive. My world just changed.
Watching all the memorials for him on television, my mind goes to the healthcare bill. This has been one of his causes for, again, as long as I can remember. I am not sure what his death means for the bill. Will it fail because he is not there to push it? Because we don't have his vote? Or will his death renew enthusiasm for the cause, so that even in death he works for it? I really hope G-d has this one all figured out, taking him right now.
May peace be upon him.
Watching all the memorials for him on television, my mind goes to the healthcare bill. This has been one of his causes for, again, as long as I can remember. I am not sure what his death means for the bill. Will it fail because he is not there to push it? Because we don't have his vote? Or will his death renew enthusiasm for the cause, so that even in death he works for it? I really hope G-d has this one all figured out, taking him right now.
May peace be upon him.