Rose in Garden Today

A rose is a flower that everyone seems to like. For days I have been thinking of taking this picture of the rose in our backyard garden. Today when I heard of the death of the Senator Ted Kennedy I finally took the picture.

As a rose is a flower that everyone seems to like, Ted Kennedy was a liberal politician that everyone seemed to like. There are many on the right and left who disdain ‘liberals’, but you will find few who did not like and respect Ted Kennedy.

Perhaps it was his humor or his passionate concern for justice for all, poor and rich, old and young that made him so likable. Maybe it was his eternal optimism everyone liked.

He was a man of privilege that fought for the underprivileged. He was rich yet struggled for the rights of the poor. He suffered family and personal tragedy but never used that as an excuse for his own personal efforts.

While many argue about health care he made it the cause of his life and worked tirelessly for heath care as a right for all.

Maybe it was spending so much time at beautiful Cape Cod at the sea that made him a reflective man of action. The reason of why he was who he was does not really matter. He was a likable liberal who made a difference in this world.

Like a rose in a garden he was sign of the beauty and dignity of life. Ted Kennedy was a truly remarkable and likable liberal.

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