What an incredible run, and doing all that good for a century
plus. Blessings on her and you all. Feeling gratitude and awe at
what a person can be and do.
Your mother was an amazing human being, your father, too. I can
see how lucky you were to have parents who were activists, but
who were also, judging from what I have read on the site, not
only highly intelligent but principled, courageous, equanimous,
compassionate, intellectually and aesthetically curious, funny,
and fun-loving. Did they have any flaws? You four boys were
fortunate, and one can see the impact they and she as a woman
raising boys and then men had on you. I love the three (three of
the) wise lessons you learned from her, which function both
literally and figuratively: stand up straight, speak
grammatically, and treat women with love and respect. I see
evidence of the last lesson in that charming
picture of you four with spouses, and
mom in the middle. And I was touched to see the way your dad is
looking at her in some of the photos—he
was crazy about her. That was a lucky thing for them and for you
guys, too.
Wish I had known her. She was modest, too, you can hear it in
her voice—funny how some very wise, deep people embody both
simplicity and ordinariness and spectacular extraordinary
energy. I realize I have always though it true of you, too, in
what I know of you—your modesty and your active compassion and
courage.
David Watson