I sit here today unable to take my eyes off the T.V. set.  As Pascack Valley Baby Boomers and teenagers growing up in the 1970's the Funeral of President Ford holds memories for us of a much more innocent time.  "Without Pardon there can be no healing" were the words that remembered this 38th President this morning.  After the pardon of President Nixon, he came to be known as "The Healing President".  Those days were not unlike the current times, fraught with turmoil.  But along came this president with his plaid garments, and his trademark clumsiness offering the comedians of our times like Chevy Chase plenty of material for their Saturday Night Live skits.  President Ford was a man who knew how to laugh at himself and whatever party you may support, this was a President worth honoring.  We are the Baby Boomer generation familiar with such phrases as the Great Depression of our parent's time, the Watergate Scandal, the Vietnam War and "Disco". 

So here I sit this morning watching this American family who had so many parralells to my own with Four children gathered around and supporting their frail Mother.  This was our generation so it's difficult for me to look away from something that doesn't happen too often.  The funeral of a past President with it's ceromonies of the American Flag draped casket, the 21 gun salute, the armered limosene carrying the casket making one last trip past the White House.  These are moments that give pause to this momentous occassion.  The only President in history who was not elected but rather appointed.  He may have been defeated in 1976 because of his famous pardoning of President Nixon, but he was a President worth remembering today.  He'll be missed by many for his portrayal of all the great things that this Country stands for!  These were our Fond Remembrances of "The Healing President" from Pascack Valley Baby Boomers.

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