Tim Russert

i am quietly mourning the loss of Tim Russert of NBC/MSNBC news (Meet The Press, The Tim Russert show, etc.) and author (me and big russ - etc.)

he was the only journalist left (after the death of david bloom, who died during the early Iraq war) that i immensely enjoyed and felt was genuinely authentic and could present both sides of an issue in such a way as to be unbiased. he was NOT manipulative, he was straight-forward, non-gamey, and gutsy; his life was not driven by ego & rational mind, as much as by what appeared to be a true ''spiritual calling'

i just wanted to publicly state my respect and gratitude to for all his wonderful service, and to extend prayers and wishes to his family and friends, who I know must be grieving deeply.

It is a great loss to journalism and beyond, even as i believe he is in a better place.

love

Dorothy T – June 14, 2008 – 4:30pm

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Thunder Road

I just caught Bruce Springsteen on cable (thanks to CNN) singing at Tim Russert's funeral.

AMAZING.

I've still got the goose flesh. Try to catch it someplace, Dorothy. Maybe on YouTube.

John Callahan – June 18, 2008 – 1:47pm

thanks john...

for those interested, the bruce springsteen's video tribute to tim russert can be seen at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25249188#25249188

i've had one old friend call me to say he too was mourning the death of tim russert in a meaningful way. i sent him this email tonight:

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"jl - i've thought of you since your call yesterday. i appreciated it very much. it is genuinely touching to know that i have a friend out there who also mourns the loss of tim russert in a deeper way. i had no one similar to share the loss of dan fogelberg when he passed on, and it's nice to feel a human shared connection this time!

although i am doing my normal chop wood/carry water 'living in the moment' life (not being consumed by tim russert grief) i HAVE recorded everything i knew was coming on about him on my DVR and have cried some healing tears at being moved by what others have shared. it's really something, isn't it? i KNOW my mourning isn't just tim russert. his death triggers other things in me, not all rationally available. one thing is the sadness that we live in a world where there are so few like him. and yet the response to his death shows how hungry people are for that level of integrity; authenticity; gratitude for all of life, the good and the 'bad'; and etc.

for some reason, tonight, i had a flash go through me where i thought of george bush compared to tim russert. what a fuc_ing difference!!! can you imagine a country led by politicians like tim russert?? a world??"

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thanks again john.

Dorothy T – June 18, 2008 – 4:37pm

Dorothy

I am not sure if you have seen this. Sincere interview between Matt Lauer and Luke Russert.

http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=luke+russert&fr=yfp-t-501&u=www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/06/tim-russert-luke-russert.php&w=luke+russert&d=chRh9ZzfQ_BF&icp=1&.intl=us

AnjelaM – June 19, 2008 – 5:19am

thank you angela....

yes, i was watching live when this interview occurred. it is very touching.

i have been on such overload with my mom and work these past few months that i have not organically been accessing my deeper feeling states as often as i sometimes do. so i am grateful that this death has somehow given me the nudge to drop into some of these deeper feelings (which extend way beyond this event.) the same occurred for me when weems lost his beloved son.

good cries are something i cherish......i find such healing in them........and i have not had nearly enough of them lately. so i am feeling grateful. God works in mysterious ways.

Authenticity Heals....

Dorothy T – June 19, 2008 – 6:37am

I hope all the grief all the tears

work us into some place where we can emerge molded- softer yet, stronger- (I speak for me, of course)I can't for the life of me get through the regrets- we had a posting over a year ago on here where I said I had no regrets as I always act on my feelings and how wrong now I have been- I will always regret no matter what anyone says leaving and leaving the moment I flew to be with Paddy- until it was the end- I justified everything and then I was too late to be with my own mother too on her deathbed- I left it and left it- Was having a baby- was breastfeeding. Mum seemed okay and finally I was so late and somehow as you mention what Russert's death 'gave' to you was opening something else- like a domino effect and how closely I feel that way.

The people whose deaths I have total completion of and no regrets are the ones whom I went to and stayed with and saw it through. I was too afraid to lose my mum. I pretended it wasn't going to happen and Paddy well...Those thoughts fills buckets of tears every day and no, I am not lost in regret but I want to learn from it- I want to know if there is a next time.... to stay- next time to not second guess- next time to be with him/her and then maybe I can make the other regrets be okay. I know it sound simplistic. I am a simple person. A primitive if you will.

I can't find the healing in his loss. I hope you find it in yours.

Love, Anjela x

AnjelaM – June 24, 2008 – 3:12pm

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