Mike Luckovich-Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter-My Caregiver

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This brings a tear to my eyes

Link to tweet

[Spazito]

1. Wow...

very moving, powerful.

[speak easy]

2. Wow +1

thank you for sharing this with us

[modrepub]

3. Rest Assured

They are both in good hands.

[BlackSkimmer]

28. And I'm sure they would say that they're in God's hands.

Though I'm not in the least religious, I admire their strong faith.

[modrepub]

30. As Do I

I'd classify the Carters as Evangelical (born again) but I'm not a religious scholar or whatever you'd call someone who categorizes a person's faith. If my assessment is right, then I find it curious and at the same time disheartening to see people who profess their strong faith out in the open disparage President Carter (on any topic for that matter).

To their credit, the Carter's have largely ignored any condescending remarks tossed their way. Makes sense since I believe in their minds, there's only one opinion that counts and that's the opinion of their Creator.

Peace be with you and them (the Carters).

[Quanto Magnus]

31. I don't think he's evangelical

I saw him speak at a UCC conference event back in the late 80's, I thought the church he attended was part of UCC and why he spoke at it. UCC includes non-denominational churches.

[deurbano]

32. He's Southern Baptist, but his particular church split off from another Baptist church in 1977

when that church wouldn't accept Black members. He broke ties with the Southern Baptist Convention in 2000, when they rejected women in leadership, and he wrote an essay about that decision in 2009. (Links to two articles below)

https://apnews.com/article/ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-ms-state-wire-baptist-e0fb39dc916d48c1a8fa5bf72f5deb32

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The pilgrims arrive early and from all over, gathering hours before daybreak in an old pecan grove that surrounds a country church. They come, they say, for a dose of simple decency and devotion wrapped up in a Bible lesson.

The teacher is the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter.

Nearly four decades after he left office and despite a body that’s failing after 95 years, the nation’s oldest-ever ex-president still teaches Sunday school roughly twice a month at Maranatha Baptist Church in his tiny hometown of Plains in southwest Georgia. His message is unfailingly about Jesus, not himself....

The church was formed in 1977 from a split when another church refused to accept blacks as members. Lowden was hired in March as Maranatha’s first black pastor. On any given Sunday, Lowden said, the congregation is a “mix of everything.”...

https://religionnews.com/2015/05/01/jimmy-carters-essay-on-cutting-his-southern-baptist-ties-goes-viral/
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter can still command people’s attention. His 2009 column on why he quit his church for women’s rights — “Losing my religion over equality” — has abruptly gone viral...

...His determination to promote the rights of women led him in 2000 to sever ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, over its rejection of women in leadership....

[twodogsbarking]

4. Amazing people.

[brer cat]

5. I try hard not to be sad. They have been blessed with a long life together,

their faith is deep and unwavering, they are assured of their future. Yet it will be painful to say good bye.

[COL Mustard]

9. They would not want you to be sad

Or any of the rest of us.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. I agree with you on this

The Carters would not want us to be sad

[Raine]

6. I love these two so much.😪💕 nt

[mcar]

7. They are such wonderful people

[COL Mustard]

8. I wish them both the best

I didn’t vote for Carter but he’s a wonderful man, the kind certain other former Presidents can only dream of being. But he certainly has earned my respect and admiration over the past 40 years. And I always loved Mrs. Carter. She was always the steel magnolia.

[DemocraticPatriot]

17. My best friend, a Republican (who has since soured on 'politics') always said that

"Jimmy Carter is the best 'ex-president' that we have every had..."


and I agree.

[soldierant]

23. I also agree

and to find the number two, you have to go all the way back to John Quincy Adams.

But Obama might ust be #3, IMO.

[BidenRocks]

10. Amazing

Together to the end.
I do not see this as sad.
I see it as mission accomplished!
Go together. You both deserve it.
A truly, happy ending!

[calimary]

11. Perfect, BidenRocks. "Mission accomplished."

Indeed indeed indeed. They’re both gonna go to Heaven when they die. Probably on the Express-Up elevator.

[ChazInAz]

25. Hand in hand.

[Submariner]

12. They hopefully will both outlive trump

because they have earned the privilege and deserve that experience. They are such good people.

[Thunderbeast]

13. May I have half of their grace and love...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Voting for Jimmy Carter was my first vote.

My sister had the good fortune to be in Plains, GA, on election night.

I wish I could have met him, or at least at some point been in the same room with him.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Oh I thought Luckovich said that :). Love them truly.

[LoisB]

16. These two have to be considered among the most beautiful souls ever.

[Wounded Bear]

18. Luckovich doesn't just do satire...

[Hekate]

19. 💖💖

[Stinky The Clown]

20. Bittersweet . . . . . and cause for tears

[stage left]

22. To have a love like theirs

is truly the most beautiful thing.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. K&R for a wonderful Luckovich!

[thatcrowwoman]

26. Luckovich captures the pure joy, peace, and confidence of the Carters with My Caregiver. No fear.

What a heart-warming portrait of the Carters.
They are together and they are not afraid, readying for their journey home over Jordan,
back to the Source of all Being from whence we came.
🕊thatcrowwoman

[Paladin]

27. Thanks, Luckovich. I needed that. (nt)

[Jilly_in_VA]

29. Reminds me a lot of my parents. n/r

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. We don't deserve Jimmy Carter.

Link to tweet

[alfredo]

34. History will be kind to him.

He deserves it