On 06/01/2010 02:06 PM, Stan Hardegree -> All wrote:
 SH> What follow is a short travelogue told third person because I wasn't there:

 SH> On Memorial Day, the American Gold Star Mothers (AGSM) are invited to DC
 SH> for
 SH> ceremonies both at the White House and in Arlington, where Mike is buried.
 SH> Dads are useless as tits on a bull during these things, so I stay home and
 SH> let Cindy fly to DC for the events.

 SH> On Sunday, the moms went to the White House for breakfast. Because the
 SH> president was in Illinois, Vice President Biden attended and sat at the
 SH> head
 SH> table with the president of the AGSM and other dignitaries. Cindy was
 SH> sitting at her table when three men approached and asked if they could join
 SH> her for breakfast. One was the Chief of Staff of the Army, the second was
 SH> Commandant of the Coast Guard and the third was the Secretary of the Air
 SH> Force.

 SH> After breakfast, the vice president went around the room to visit with the
 SH> moms. When he got to Cindy, he told her about his wife who died of cancer
 SH> and his son who was killed in a car accident. He began to cry as he told
 SH> her of these things, which made her cry, so Joe Biden hugged Cindy and told
 SH> her he was sorry. She said she left mascara on the suit lapel of the Vice
 SH> President of the United States.

 SH> Another mom told Biden that her still living son would be jealous because
 SH> she had the chance to meet him. He said, "Do you have your cell phone?
 SH> Call him." Biden stood there and talked to her son on the
phone and invited
 SH> him to come by the veep's office for coffee when he is in town.

 SH> The White House photographer will send us pictures soon and I will share
 SH> them.

 SH> BTW: One lady at the event was a Gold Star sister, wife and mother.

Great story, it restores faith in humanity.

Ed

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