Comments on: Obama’s Mama http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/obamas-mama/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: ppmhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/obamas-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-14020 ppm Mon, 12 May 2008 18:04:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1204#comment-14020 As the mother of two young adult sons, I often get a little teary thinking about Barack not having his mama with him now--as he blazes this trail and makes history.<br/><br/>I thank God he has such a beautiful, loving, strong and supportive wife in the mighty Michelle. <br/><br/>And Craig, I'm echoing Angela. That "rest in perfect peace" is such a moving and beautifully phrased sentiment. As the mother of two young adult sons, I often get a little teary thinking about Barack not having his mama with him now–as he blazes this trail and makes history.

I thank God he has such a beautiful, loving, strong and supportive wife in the mighty Michelle.

And Craig, I’m echoing Angela. That “rest in perfect peace” is such a moving and beautifully phrased sentiment.

]]> By: Angelahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/obamas-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-13950 Angela Mon, 12 May 2008 01:07:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1204#comment-13950 Craig, "Rest in Perfect Peace" is beautiful. I lost my mom at 13 yrs...and your words capture how I feel about my mother. My mother was one who struggled for her children like so many mothers do. She had eleven children, dirt poor, absentee husband...you know the routine - yet she worked up until a few days before she died, knowing she was dying of cancer and all the time she was ill, working at a day job,trying to find people who would take care of her children once she was gone and at the same time dealing with her knowledge that she was terminal. I'm 59 now and can't concieve of having to endure what she did. So when I read your "Rest in Perfect Peace" it made me kind of weepy, but in a good way.<br/><br/>thanks,<br/>Angela Craig, “Rest in Perfect Peace” is beautiful. I lost my mom at 13 yrs…and your words capture how I feel about my mother. My mother was one who struggled for her children like so many mothers do. She had eleven children, dirt poor, absentee husband…you know the routine – yet she worked up until a few days before she died, knowing she was dying of cancer and all the time she was ill, working at a day job,trying to find people who would take care of her children once she was gone and at the same time dealing with her knowledge that she was terminal. I’m 59 now and can’t concieve of having to endure what she did. So when I read your “Rest in Perfect Peace” it made me kind of weepy, but in a good way.

thanks,
Angela

]]> By: Craig Hickmanhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/obamas-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-13927 Craig Hickman Sun, 11 May 2008 20:01:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1204#comment-13927 <a HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/11/122923/301/220/513383" REL="nofollow">Remembering Barack Obama's Mom, Ann Dunham</a><br/><br/><i>Her fortitude as described by Barack in the book, reminds me of the logic of ‘blues’ music. That is all about toughening up, staring loneliness in the face, and confronting whatever life throws at you without waiting for divine intervention. Ann Dunham may have been a white woman, but she had her own equivalent of Blueswoman Bessie Smith’s sassiness that she threw at "all that trouble."<br/><br/> All of this makes me wonder what she would have said to all the hoopla and jabs thrown at her son, including his progressive "blackening" as the primaries have worn on. Methinks she might have given a wry smile, told him to keep his chin up and gone right back to her work with the women of Marrakesh, or Jakarta, or perhaps she might pick up some sandals, international development reports and gotten on the plane to Myanmar to lend a hand helping people get back on their feet.<br/><br/>I wish her a happy Mother’s Day...Rest in Perfect Peace.</i> Remembering Barack Obama’s Mom, Ann Dunham

Her fortitude as described by Barack in the book, reminds me of the logic of ‘blues’ music. That is all about toughening up, staring loneliness in the face, and confronting whatever life throws at you without waiting for divine intervention. Ann Dunham may have been a white woman, but she had her own equivalent of Blueswoman Bessie Smith’s sassiness that she threw at “all that trouble.”

All of this makes me wonder what she would have said to all the hoopla and jabs thrown at her son, including his progressive “blackening” as the primaries have worn on. Methinks she might have given a wry smile, told him to keep his chin up and gone right back to her work with the women of Marrakesh, or Jakarta, or perhaps she might pick up some sandals, international development reports and gotten on the plane to Myanmar to lend a hand helping people get back on their feet.

I wish her a happy Mother’s Day…Rest in Perfect Peace.

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