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In reply to the discussion: It's Time To Say Goodbye [View all]classof56
(5,376 posts)17. Sheshe, thank you for this.
I first heard Andrea Bocelli perform this beautiful song a few years ago when a friend of mine was going through a difficult breakup and divorce. I cried then, for her, and I cry now for what we are losing. Words cannot fully express the depth of my emotion, but it is comforting to know you and so many other fellow DUers experience the same feelings. These photos are exquisite. There will be many tears shed in the days to come, for what we have had and what we will lose when the Obamas exit the White House. Let us be eternally grateful for Michelle and Barack, and the way they have lifted up our nation and its people. We won't see the likes of them again, I fear. Sadness overwhelms.
Blessings to you.
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We will miss him as President and Michelle as first lady, it has been a beautiful journey.
Thinkingabout
Jan 2017
#10
I'll miss the sense of humor and sense of fun he brought to the presidency.
greatauntoftriplets
Jan 2017
#31
What a great couple (and first couple) they make. We do not know just how much they changed
applegrove
Jan 2017
#69
We got it. We knew what we had. Those who wanted more were just lured into an unreal
The Wielding Truth
Jan 2017
#71
The contrast of these two exceptional people to the mentally ill child about to take
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2017
#78