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Who is that wonderful military man who escorted Nancy in and out of the library during yesterday's service ??? He was so kind and respectful, not to mention he cut quite a dashing figure.

Maj. Gen. Galen Jackman.

Oh, I agree....all the military men looked perfect.

No matter how many times I see the video of Mrs. Reagan laying her cheek on the casket, I cry. She looks so frail but she has been through so much. The love of her lifetime has gone on without her.

I would like to share a few thoughts....I have come to appreciate Patti Davis more these last years. She has her father's flare for writing. Her remembrances of her father's life and death she has written recently are very good. She has the ability to bring you with her along her journey in script...so much like her dad.
I believe Ron Reagan is a harder nut to crack. He lived in the shadow of a great man and so many boys I knew growing up that had extremely strong fathers went the opposite direction. I believe this is the case with Ron. I think he purposely did things to embarrass his father to hurt him for the attention he didn't get from him. Michael has a better grasp of his dad's career and the families place in it. I think Patti matured and her rift with her mom and dad was solved. Ron, I think hung onto the anger. I saw Michael's interview on H&C last night and he said something that makes me think this....he said that he was glad he was the ONE who was able to let go and hug his dad and to tell him he loved him. I got the impression that he was speaking of Ron...Ron had not let go of the anger. Ron has not been able to be his own man as long as his father was alive....I think he will come to appreciate his father more now that he is able to stand on his own.

I also believe much of the differences in the children are the decade they grew up. Michael and Maureen were the first born...children of the 50's. Ron and Patti were children of the 60's. It was a burn your bra and smoke pot decade.