Mrs. Kennedy Shriver swims with young mentally challenged children in 1964 in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. The founder of the Special Olympics did not hear the outside noise discriminating against the mentally challenged or ethnic minority. She went directly to the heart of these matters and made a change. May God continue to bless her work and may God bless her children as they continue her great legacy. R.I.P
Friday, August 14, 2009
Being Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Mrs. Kennedy Shriver swims with young mentally challenged children in 1964 in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. The founder of the Special Olympics did not hear the outside noise discriminating against the mentally challenged or ethnic minority. She went directly to the heart of these matters and made a change. May God continue to bless her work and may God bless her children as they continue her great legacy. R.I.P
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Oh, I cried when I heard this. She was such a GREAT lady and a wonderful, giving human being. We should all aspire to do even a tenth of the fabulous things she did in her life. Blessings, friend!!
She was a wonderful, caring soul. Rest in peace, Mrs. Shriver. Her works of kindness will endure forever.
Yes, Marion, what an extraordinary intelligent compassionate woman she was! She seems like the anithesis of another senior, the 84year-old, Phyllis Schlafly, whom I was incredibly sorry to hear on C-Span the other morning. I wrote a post on her. It was so sad to see a woman her age with such views about women. Kennedy Shriver is an excellent role model for young women and an inspiration for women everywhere.
BTW - Doesn't the First Lady of California look so much like her mom in this photo? Wow!
"Her works of kindness will endure forever."
Yes, indeed! She has planted seeds that will blossom idenfintely if we continue to water them. We too have a role to play, if nothing more than in our attitudes toward the disabled daily.
For a little extra perspective on her legacy, here's the aha moment of one Special Olympian -- ahamoment.com/pg/moments/view/3512 -- explaining how Special Olympics changed her life. She represents countless thousands of other participants, at all levels of competition, who likely feel the same.
Thanks -- jack@ahamoment.com
Ah, so very nice, Jack. Thanks for posting that.
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