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RainCaster

(10,874 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 11:11 AM Jul 2020

We lost another Biden voter yesterday [View all]

Last edited Thu Jul 23, 2020, 06:45 PM - Edit history (1)

My mother-in-law passed away last night, after a mercifully short battle with cancer at the age of 84. She was looking forward to voting in the election this fall, and supported Hillary in 2016. She lived in a very red corner of our blue state, and was part of an underground network of those renegades who would dare to recycle, reuse and compost since long before it was fashionable. Yes, she was on every Democratic mailing list possible- NAACP, SPLC, DNC, Hillary, Biden, McGrath, and many others. That means that she gave generously to all who worked towards a better country. She supported Barack, and had more pictures of him on her refrigerator that she had of her many grandchildren.

She is now reunited with her husband, son and mother. I will miss her, she was a fine human being and a great example to all who knew her.


Late edit:
Thank you to all who responded today. You have all been so kind. You have reaffirmed why I am here and supporting our party. I do indeed, feel honored to have been a part of her family and to have known her as long as I have. I'm looking forward to many more with all her extensive family, especially my wonderful wife. I will support her as best I can during this heartbreaking time.

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I'm so sorry for your loss, RainCaster. Lars39 Jul 2020 #1
I am so sorry for your loss. LiberalLoner Jul 2020 #2
I'm sorry for your loss vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #3
I'm so sorry for your loss. My sympathy to you and family livetohike Jul 2020 #4
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this. DarthDem Jul 2020 #5
I'm so sorry! GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #6
I'm so sorry for your loss, RainCaster. BComplex Jul 2020 #7
Sending you and your family extra hugs today! FM123 Jul 2020 #8
May her memory be a blessing. TheOther95Percent Jul 2020 #9
Requiescat in pace, gentle soul. So very sorry for your loss. Peace and comfort to niyad Jul 2020 #10
My heart goes out to you and your family. May she Rest in Peace. iluvtennis Jul 2020 #11
I am so sorry for your loss mercuryblues Jul 2020 #12
I am so sorry for your loss. jrthin Jul 2020 #13
Love and peace to your family. Freedomofspeech Jul 2020 #14
Peaceful passage. sarge43 Jul 2020 #15
I am very sorry for your loss. cate94 Jul 2020 #16
A toast to the memory of you mother. jaxexpat Jul 2020 #17
Condolences on the loss of your mother-in-law. gademocrat7 Jul 2020 #18
I'm sorry for your loss pandr32 Jul 2020 #19
Extending sincere sympathy to you and your family. pazzyanne Jul 2020 #20
Sorry for your loss.... Sogo Jul 2020 #21
Please accept my condolences in the loss for your mom in law. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #22
I'm so sorry for your loss (n/t) MissMillie Jul 2020 #23
such kind a loving words for your mother-in-law. Hamlette Jul 2020 #24
Deepest condolences SheltieLover Jul 2020 #25
I'm very sorry. I lost my mother-in-law last year. NNadir Jul 2020 #26
So sorry for your loss wendyb-NC Jul 2020 #27
I'm so sorry for your loss. fierywoman Jul 2020 #28
I'm very sorry for your loss. PatrickforO Jul 2020 #29
Another soul in whose honor we save our country. calimary Jul 2020 #30
I'm so sorry for your loss, RainCaster. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #31
Loss is never easy Maeve Jul 2020 #32
So sorry for your loss MacKasey Jul 2020 #33
Deepest condolences, Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2020 #34
💖💖💖💖💕💕💕💕 MLAA Jul 2020 #35
I'm so sorry for your loss. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2020 #36
Very sorry, RainCaster! Different Drummer Jul 2020 #37
Goddammit. I'm so sorry. liberalmuse Jul 2020 #38
Gees. That's hard. You were lucky that you had her as a mom. You were and always will be blessed. The Wielding Truth Jul 2020 #39
🕯️ I am sorry for your loss irisblue Jul 2020 #40
What a fine testimony. Now I'm regretting our loss also. Hortensis Jul 2020 #41
so very sorry, RainCaster diva77 Jul 2020 #42
I'm so sorry for your heartbreaking Cha Jul 2020 #43
My sincere condolences, I am so sorry for your loss... Mazeltov Cocktail Jul 2020 #44
Our deepest sympathy. You're right, this is not just your loss but everyone's. I hope you know she Karadeniz Jul 2020 #45
OMG I'm so sorry budkin Jul 2020 #46
I'm so sorry for your loss. We lost TWO Biden voters yesterday phylny Jul 2020 #47
Sorry for your loss. Peace. RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2020 #48
My deepest condolences for you loss Soph0571 Jul 2020 #49
I'm so very mzmolly Jul 2020 #50
So happy to read your loving tribute to your mother-in-law. She sounds like a lovely woman japple Jul 2020 #51
Sorry for your loss Bettie Jul 2020 #52
I am so sorry. warmfeet Jul 2020 #53
Very sorry, RainCaster. ancianita Jul 2020 #54
my grandpa was a republican. but i would like to think trump was way too immoral for him. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #55
so sorry for your loss Marthe48 Jul 2020 #56
I am sorry to hear of the final goodbye to a wonderful lady, peacebuzzard Jul 2020 #57
So very sorry for your loss. sdfernando Jul 2020 #58
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