Regards, Ivan
In memoriam
Regards, Ivan
In memoriam
BTTT
It's hard to think of a woman with more class than Lady Thatcher. She's one of a kind.
I just got to see former PM Thatcher up close and personal earlier today for a few short moments. She was visiting the president of my organization, and they got a picture taken with our interns. She started speaking to them, and everyone had to get up close to hear her. Towards the end, she spoke a little more clearly about her partnership with Ronald Reagan during the end of the Cold War. I'm glad I got to see her in person before she follows her partners - her actual spouse and her political soulmate.
Welcome back, Ivan.
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I have been fairly strong through all the ceremonies, but when I saw Lady Thatcher do a curtsy to the late President I lost it. It is obvious how close they were as friends, and how she wanted to honor him.
That picture will stay with me for a very long time.
To me, this was the image I'll most remember of yesterday. I completely broke down when I saw Lady Thatcher curtsey to Reagan's casket. It was similar to the way I reacted to Queen Elizabeth's decision to play the National Anthem during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace after 9/11.
I've always been a Anglophile, although I've yet to visit your tremendous country in person. Seeing the strong bond that exists between the UK and America gives me so much pride. The images of Thatcher & Reagan during their "glory days" and now the image of Thatcher's last farewell to her political soulmate and dear friend is almost more than I can bear.
I feel so OLD now, even though I'm only 40!! But yesterday's service just brought it home to me that the 80's era is truely over.