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(9,688 posts) Sun May 31, 2015, 09:27 AM May 2015

Joe Biden speaks on grief

http://www.vox.com/2015/5/30/8693325/joe-biden-beau

Text at this link, but the thing is the 20-minute video of his 2012 speech to fallen military families, which is also accessible at

#t=624

A very strong and very real speech.
This is not "politics", but thoughtful, wise, deep reflections by a real person who has suffered much more loss than anyone should have to bear.