this touched me

Nick Littlefield, friend and former chief counsel/top Kennedy adviser sings Friday at the memorial service for Ted Kennedy.



















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Preparation, not fear

He fought, but he knew when the fight was over, and those who were with him saw hope, not fear. "The truth is, he had expressed to his family that he did want to go," said Father Patrick Tarrant of Our Lady of Victory Church, who was at Kennedy's bedside.

-TIME, August 26, 2009

Preparation
- by Sara Bard Field

To drop our leaves of sense;
Sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell,
Before death's imminence
Is wise—is gently well.
Leaf thirst for sun, rain, sap, and air is deep;
Bare branches only ask for sleep.









photo collage via tinypic
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