Posted on 09/13/2007 5:14:41 PM PDT by wagglebee
I can say with all honesty he was a lucky guy to have a mother like that. Have one my self, at age 94 I tell her that her job is not done yet.
My Mom who passed away in 1975 and loved Jane Wyman is her movies. God Bless their souls.
Well I’m all teary eyed. He really appreciates the people he was blessed with in his life. God Bless his Mom.
Everytime I see that, I could cry for Michael most of all. It just seemed to me, he was the outsider. But to me, he was the one with all the strength.
I know he got that strength from the Mom that rocked him. Wiped his brow when he was ill, and kissed that owie on his knee.
He, like many of us, was blessed to have a Mom like that. God give you strength, Ron Jr.
Wagglebee, thanks. We all owe much to our parents. This is a great tribute.
Ansel12, maybe Michael Reagan knows a thing or two about the character of the people who raised him to be a man. Just a thought.
I didn’t realize she’s passed away. It’s hard to say goodbye to moms.
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Praise you for your words PP … keep telling her that. She certainty and surely has a child that was “brung” up right.
What a great tribute to his Mom by Michael. God bless them all.
Thanks! My grandfather determined that Jane was a distant cousin. I mourn her passing as if she were much closer.
A beautiful tribute. She raised quite a man.
I sincerely think it’s great that Michael Reagan was devoted to his mother, and I admire him for his loyalty to her. However, the quote Reagan attributes to Wyman — “You need to pay your dues like everybody else. Shut up and keep driving” — is not one I’d want attributed to me. There are more compassionate, yet equally effective, ways to say, “You can do it; hang in there.”
Very true, but remember that his sister, Maureen, had died in 2001. Both of Jane Wyman's children, the daughter by birth and the son by adoption, have been exceptional people. She was a wonderful mother to them, and taught them good values, even if it meant sometimes having to use through tough love and not using the checkbook to take the easy way out.
Jane Wyman should be remembered by the character and achievements of her children. She did just great, RIP.
I get the feeling he was regularly depending on her handouts, and she had finally had enough. When you have to loan money to family members who don’t deserve it, they are obligated to listen to a lecture.
Wat a lovely tribute to a wonderful actress and mother. To this day I love Jayne’s movies..and most all of those movies of that era. Michael has grown into a mother terrific man thanks to both of his parents despite the divorce. They done goods!
Blessing upon Michael and his family and sincere sympathy on their loss.
Don’t start cross posting from one thread to another.
Simply beautiful. Rest in peace, Jane.
He had a rough childhood like few of us can relate too.
Why does Michael Reagan have to always “name drop” Ronald Reagan as being his dad? Can’t he get any credibility being his own man?
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