It's hard to say goodbye to the last of a group of brothers who figured so much in our country's history during my lifetime. The final Kennedy brother, the baby brother, has gone from this life and history. The way I shall remember him is as a man who made mistakes in his early years and spent the rest of his life working to make up for those mistakes. Everything he has done from his seat in the Senate was to help his fellow man woman and child, and to make this country a better place in which to live for all of us. His personal life was not a happy one, but he did not whine about it, and probably worked longer and harder than anyone else in Congress for this country and its people, sitting in the back of the room where he started, never pushing to the front as the other Congresspeople did. He always tried to get people to work together for the betterment of man, eschewing the usual pettiness of minor legislators. Teddy tried for consensus, but only if it meant that the country was being served well by that consensus. He worked for the best for all of us.
I shall miss that booming voice, the brilliant smile, and the good will of a great man who tried so hard to help those who often had no other voice to help them. Goodbye Teddy, in your own way you were the great one in your family and I fear you will never be replaced. A hard thing to say in this cold, sad world that now needs you more than ever.
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