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My condolences and welcom back.

Frank, You've got your priorities straight. If you need more time take it. The Swamp will survive. Your family needs you more than we do.

My condolences and welcom back.

Posted by: Leo T | Mar 12, 2007 4:06:51 PM
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Thanks, Leo T. It's good to be back.

That hole in your heart will fill with happy memories. Give it time. Welcome back.

Frank, You've got your priorities straight. If you need more time take it. The Swamp will survive. Your family needs you more than we do.

Posted by: Tony | Mar 12, 2007 4:12:03 PM
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Thanks, Tony, for your very good advice. It feels right to be back at work now, to try to return to the rhythm of my life.

But if I were to take more time, for me or my family, I don't doubt The Swamp would survive.

Mark Silva, the epitome of productivity, is as committed to it as I am and as so many of you Swampers are. Other colleagues have also vowed to keep the blog fresh and interesting. So we should be in pretty good shape.

Frank,

In Time of Sorrow...
May you see God's light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.

So sorry about your mom, she'll always be with you. Welcome back.

Frank...sorry to hear of your loss. I lost my mom when I was 13. I can tell you that she is with me everyday, as yours will be with you.

My condolences for your loss, Frank. I'd also like to extend a welcoming note.

We're glad to have you back.

frank...
my condolences.
...lynn

For those lucky enough to have Mom around, make sure to give yours an extra hug next time, in honor of Frank's mom.

As George Santayana so wisely said: "There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval." It sounds as though your mother did that. In time the pain you feel will ebb to a dull ache and then to loving memory. Chin up. Your mum would want it that way.

Peace.

For those lucky enough to have Mom around, make sure to give yours an extra hug next time, in honor of Frank's mom.
Posted by: a blinkin | Mar 12, 2007 5:38:53 PM

Good idea, blinkin. I'll do that.

God bless you and yours Frank.

We are Americans before we are Democrats or Republicans and regardless of our political beliefs I think that we all want what is best for our Country and trying times like what you are going through right now Frank should remind us all what's really important in life.

We see but dimly through the mists and vapors;
Amid these earthly damps
What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.
--Longfellow (1819-1892)

So sorry about your Mother, Frank. Mom's are hard to let go.

Richard

Frank:

I'm sure your mother was very proud of you and what you accomlished during her lifetime.

God rest her soul.

Frank, I may knock your Obama coverage and biases, but I also extend my condolences on your loss. Losing a parent is always difficult, losing your mother is even moreso.

Sorry to hear Frank.

Something I find very telling when we hear of a sad event or sorrowful passing. I always see the same people write in with thoughtful comments, those damn liberals and moderates, while the extreme right have no time for kindness in their hateful worlds. But put a post about Obama or any democrat, and out they spew with their words of (wisdom)?

I wrote that post and behold after I posted John D writes in......My apologies to you John D.

My heartfelt condolences to you Mr. James.

I have to say that I'm surprised to see John D on here but it was nice of him anyway......you heard that right,I just complimented John D.

I can't say the samething about the other NeoCons on here i.e. Bruce,Paulo,Don B. Jeff/Bill etc......and that self important, selfishness is exactly why I don't want their type leading our country anymore.

My condolences on your loss, Frank. I was very sad to hear about it.

p.s. Let's try to keep the politics out of this thread, people.

Frank -

I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Thanks for letting us know so we can share your grief, and for reminding us that there is so much in life that is more important that politics.

Frank,

And we were all complaining about slow posting times....
We should all know better.

Here is a song about a son's love for his mother :

(J. Lennon)

Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you,
Julia

Julia, Julia, oceanchild, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia
Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

Her hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmering,
In the sun

Julia, Julia, morning moon, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

When I cannot sing my heart
I can only speak my mind, Julia

Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia
Hum hum hum...calls me
So I sing a song of love for Julia, Julia, Julia

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(PS: To all, No this song was not re. his first wife. It was a romanticized tribute to his mother.)

John E., clearly you've learned nothing from the Wellstone debacle. There's a time and a place and it's not here.

Also, just so you all know, that comment above mine wasn't posted when I made my 10:20 posting. Yes, sometimes I don't look at this board until 10 o'clock at night.

Mr. James:

You and Mark Silva do a fantastic job putting up with the lot of us every day.

My condolences.

BC