Condolences

Barack Obama's campaign office just released news that his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died of cancer. I am so saddened that this woman who was instrumental in raising Obama did not live to see him become president. Her role in supporting her at-the-time unconventional daughter and raising her grandson speak to an extraordinary depth of love, tolerance, acceptance and humanity that we should all aspire to. Peace and comfort to her family and may her journey to whatever awaits us after life on this earth be a speedy one.