Finding common ground - Erick Erickson

[AGBF]

@AGBF as I read your post to Elliot I wished your father could read what you wrote about him and hope he knew how much you loved him. It was a beautiful post.

Until the last six months of his life, when he really wasn't himself, I think my father knew how I felt about him. And even during the last few days of his life, he took ice cream on a spoon from me, and not from his aide, Derrick. But my brother and I both are in awe of what he was like as a father. We never spoke about this until he was dying, but a chaplain from Hospice sat with us and my brother said how he always felt inadequate as a father compared to our father. (My brother, who is the best father in the world!) When I interjected how great my brother was as a father, my brother said that if I predecease him he wants someone to have my comments on the record to be read at his funeral!!!

But I thank you, Callie. And I want to add that there are many posters here who are very faithful to their liberal principles, and who are more like my father (and Elliot) than I am. I am not going to start naming all of them, but I admire them. I know that I sometimes appear wishy-washy compared to other liberal posters. My father never understood how I could be on very friendly terms with my Republican next door neighbors in Virginia, who supported Trump. I won't attempt to gaze at my navel and analyze who I am and why I act the way I do in this posting, but I honor people who stick to their principles.

Thank you for commenting, Callie.

Hugs,
(((Callie)))
Deb

 

[Calliecake]

((((Hugs))) right back to you Deb.

I'm just grateful that my friends who have opposing political views respect my wishes in not discussing politics. I have had to remind myself a few times of all the wonderful things we have always done to help each other thru many many years. The older I get the more I realize that the people who are there for you at anytime, no matter what the problem is, are the ones to not let politics come between us. Thank God we have so much more to talk and laugh about.