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Jenna Bush Hager tearfully recalls advice grandfather George H.W. Bush gave her before he died
NY Post ^ | 06/06/2024 | Nika Shakhnazarova

Posted on 06/06/2024 7:09:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Jenna Bush Hager broke down in tears recalling the advice her late grandfather and former President George H.W. Bush shared with her before his death.

Speaking on “Today with Hoda & Jenna” Wednesday, Bush Hager and her co-host Hoda Kotb discussed fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg’s life and the upcoming Hulu documentary that explores it.

As the duo talked about getting the most out of life, Bush Hager shared the wisdom her late grandpa imparted before his death in 2018 at age 94.

“It reminded me of this evening I spent with my grandpa and he could barely speak and I was sitting between him and he leaned over to me and he’s like, ‘Don’t forget to enjoy the game,’” she shared.

“And it was at the end of his life and at sort of the beginning of mine, relatively. And to hear somebody that had done everything, be like, ‘Don’t forget to be in it,’ to enjoy it, to be part of it, I’ll never forget it,” she added, being overcome with emotion. “It’s kind of what I want to tell all of us.”

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KEYWORDS: advice; bush; georgebush; georgehwbush; grandfather; jennabush; jennabushhager; recalls; tearfully
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They sure loved their Grandpa
1 posted on 06/06/2024 7:09:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

...“It reminded me of this evening I spent with my grandpa and he could barely speak and I was sitting between him...”

.....

What?!


2 posted on 06/06/2024 7:11:16 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So, it was just a game?


3 posted on 06/06/2024 7:11:32 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He said “Stay out da bushes”.


4 posted on 06/06/2024 7:11:42 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Now they’re all Democrats. Even Dubya. They’re not just saying that publicly. But they all voted for Biden in 2020. And they will vote for him again in 2024.


5 posted on 06/06/2024 7:12:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: alternatives?

Yeah...to the elites...it sure looks that way, doesn’t it? Just a “game”


6 posted on 06/06/2024 7:12:37 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Climate cultists think we should go back to the good times when people starved)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“I was the second gunman on the grassy knoll”


7 posted on 06/06/2024 7:13:04 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was it “Stab your electorate in the back” or something g like that?


8 posted on 06/06/2024 7:16:48 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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‘Don’t forget to enjoy the game’

What a nice sentiment! And so sweet that she remembered her grandpa giving her that wonderful advice about enjoying life while you live it.


9 posted on 06/06/2024 7:18:17 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

‘Don’t forget to enjoy the game,’....creepy az statement.

I suppose to the Bush’s, the Kennedy’s, the Rockefellar’s etc. life is a freakin game. For the vast majority of us however, it’s a dam% serious business.


10 posted on 06/06/2024 7:19:02 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My father passed away in August of 2017, but he got to see the Cubs win the World Series in 2016. The last thing my father asked us was, “how did the Cubbies do today?”


11 posted on 06/06/2024 7:20:28 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rosebud


12 posted on 06/06/2024 7:21:39 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh my, that was so profound that I almost cried. Notttttttt!


13 posted on 06/06/2024 7:22:06 AM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Broccoli sucks”


14 posted on 06/06/2024 7:22:52 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I liked Jenna better when she was a sorority drunk who had no opinions. Now she’s this preachy airhead who thinks she’s a philosopher with very important opinions.


15 posted on 06/06/2024 7:25:30 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He was probably thinking back to when she was a young girl and they both had a taste for young boys.


16 posted on 06/06/2024 7:26:33 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Here's a different wrinkle, a properly ill-fitting remembrance of GHWB:


17 posted on 06/06/2024 7:27:49 AM PDT by rx
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Life IS a game. Learn to enjoy it. Great advice.


18 posted on 06/06/2024 7:27:59 AM PDT by Thomas Jerome
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jenna Bush Hagel, is more like it.


19 posted on 06/06/2024 7:28:52 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: LukeL

Read my lips


20 posted on 06/06/2024 7:28:57 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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