cruel fate

[ewein2412]

aw GEEZ.  I just found out that Obama's grandmother died yesterday (and am so emotionally involved at this point that I sat here and wept).  I was SO hoping she would live to see him win the election.

And it's partly because, I, too, was raised by my mother's mother.  Obama's childhood so parallels mine that I feel strongly that this is a candidate who will relate to ME, to my principles, to my ideals, more than any other politician I've come across.  He's only three years older than me--that's a first, too.  And my own grandmother (who is 92 now) has been such a rabid Obama supporter since he first came on the scene--she's been campaigning for him since the summer of 2007--and I think of her saying, "I just want to see one candidate that I CARE about become president before I die."

I cannot--well, actually, in some sense I think I *can*--imagine what he must be feeling right now.

My unemployed sister is taking a carload of people to the fire hall in Quentin, Pennsylvania, to vote today:  including her 18 year old son, voting for the first time, who received his posting orders to Baghdad yesterday; our 92 year old wonderful, wonderful grandmother, who is going around convincing her undecided neighbors WHY we need change; and Gramma's next door neighbor, the 93 year old Nancy, who has watched all the debates with Gramma for the last couple of months.  I told my sister to take pictures.

In 2000 Al Gore won in my voting district 82-80.  That was me and Gramma.  This year I'm voting by absentee ballot.  I suppose if the tally is that close again they may actually count my vote.

Ok, I think I've made my political bias abundantly clear here.  In closing I will reprise the picture of Gramma at the whistle-stop Obama rally in Lancaster PA last spring.



Gramma for Obama!


YES WE CAN

Comments

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*hugs you lots*

Yes, and yes, and yes.

Hurrah for grammas.

[marguerlucy.livejournal.com]

Wow, I did not hear about that. What weird and unfortunate timing.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the timming of her deat hwas sad....but at least he got to see her before she died ;o)

[ewein2412]

I said at the time, "Well if *I* was running for president and *my* gramma was sick, I would go see her too!"

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I know that there were people who thought going to see her was stupid, but really....

(Your gramma is going to outlive us all)

[ewein2412]

the grandmother of one of my best friends just died this summer at 106. I said, "Gramma, now you have a goal--you have to outlive Vera!" She said, "Geez. I don't think I have the energy to last that long."

She does still have a lot of energy, though. And she has to make it to 100 so she can pay off her mortgage and we can have a party.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I like having goals ;o)

[katranides.livejournal.com]

Goals are good. Whether it's living to be 106 or paying off the mortgage. Or both. And now we can keep encouraging her with the new American mantra, yes we can. Yes, she can. I wanna be at that party.

[ewein2412]

you are definitely invited!

[suzannemercury.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes we can!! Your gramma sounds fabulous!