Today’s earworm honors the life and works of Rosalynn Carter, the groundbreaking wife and full partner for 77 years of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter. She died this week at age 96.
The two of them have shown nothing but grace
and humility in their long lives of public service, in office and out. Rosalynn
sent eyebrows skyward and hands to pearls when she appeared at Cabinet meetings
early in Jimmy’s term. They ignored the gasps of outrage. He sent her on
diplomatic missions and she joined him in brokering the Camp David Accords between
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin in 1978. She advocated for mental health and
human rights and made the office of the First Lady a thing.
We have lost a formidable force for good, but
she would not wish us to mourn. She—like Jimmy—knew where she was headed, and
she welcomed the journey. It was one of her many gifts
So here is the Shaker hymn, “Simple Things”, performed in true simplicity by Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss.
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