[barker]

..... he would be there in his chair opening up his arms for that hug, hello, and the hug goodbye.

Michael didn't rell the rest of this story. One day as he and his wife were leaving she told Michael he had forgotten something important. He looked back to see his father standing on the porch with his arms open waiting for the goodbye hug Michael had forgotten to give him. He ran back and gave his father his hug.

Sad story that tells volumes about the terrible disease President Reagan suffered from.

[little jeremiah]

But it also tell this: that even if President Reagan's brain couldn't hold on to details, facts, events, and memories - his heart couldn't forget love. The core of his being remained intact.

[bootless]

One day as he and his wife were leaving she told Michael he had forgotten something important. He looked back to see his father standing on the porch with his arms open waiting for the goodbye hug Michael had forgotten to give him. He ran back and gave his father his hug.

Oh my God ... that lump in my throat is back.

I respect Michael immensely for not only his eulogy, but for the love that he not only felt for - but showed to - his father. God bless them both.