tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170736184290277644.post170276409871594935..comments2023-05-28T06:11:00.640-06:00Comments on Reading the Leaves: The Sidekickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288429350660571515noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170736184290277644.post-80286251882409054032009-10-29T22:14:56.936-06:002009-10-29T22:14:56.936-06:00COMMENT FROM ANDY: I would suggest, with my usual ...COMMENT FROM ANDY: I would suggest, with my usual arrogance, that there is a problem with the wording of paragraph 4 of your your Oct. 25th post: you note that your father got to spend some hours with Andy. A more acurate rendering would state that Andy got to spend a few hours with your father. I have been fortunate enough to have known your 'Dad for something over ten years and in all that time I have never failed to feel amazed by him. I would say, without prejudice to the other wonderful people I have known, that your father is the most remarkable person I have ever met. I have never come away from a conversation with him without feeling that I am better for the experience. Until I heard him speak for the first time, at your grandmother's funeral, I was convinced that Barbara Jordan, the First Black woman to serve in the United States senate, was the benchmark for all other public speakers, on that day your father knocked her off of that pedestal. In all the times I have heard your father speak since then, I have never doubted the change in my opinion. I think my recovery from that series of 'mild strokes' was complete when I opened my eyes in the hospital and saw your father at my bedside. To me, he is the standard for generosity, kindness and humility that all of us should strive to emulate -- the world will be a better place if we do. What else could God want but that the world be a better place.The Sidekickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07288429350660571515noreply@blogger.com