Robbie Parker, the father of Emilie Parker, put on a suit and tie and addressed the public on Saturday.
He was in visible grief, of course, but for a moment his face relaxed as he recalled their brief encounter Friday morning. He has been teaching his daughter Portuguese – he did not say why -- and at six she went for it enough that she and her dad could conduct a conversation. Good morning. How are you? -- the ritual between a parent and a child, perhaps for a purpose, or just the fun of sharing one of the world’s more beautiful languages. “I gave her a kiss,” he said, “and I was out the door.” When Robbie Parker went out the door Friday morning, all was right between them. They had that language in common. As Graham Nash wrote in the song, Teach Your Children: “So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.” We need more than words. We need the connections, the daily acts, the time, the reminders, the bonds that say, “Eu te amo,” before we go out the door.
Brian Savin
12/16/2012 03:10:18 pm
Your "one thought" is more precious than all the meaningless speeches by politicians pushing to the fore in a public intrusion upon such great private grief. I can understand those victims' families who didn't participate in Newtown this evening. I might well have sat home myself, far preferring to just cry my head off in the private company of beloved. And if I needed to read, it probably wouldn't be scripture. More likely Thornton Wilder. Something, as you so well understand, that can speak to my grieving gut.
George Vecsey
12/17/2012 12:53:22 am
Brian: Thanks. I think we do need public grieving, and I think the public figures who went to Newtown were appropriate. .
Brian Savin
12/17/2012 07:51:18 am
And the other guy around at that time and place said, "Say little and do much." 11/4/2013 02:52:59 pm
It's interesting to find this stuff online. The So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.” is oh so true and only parents will truly understand what that means 12/17/2012 01:55:29 am
Appropriate public grieving and sentiments expressed by George and Brian are heart felt expressions of sympathy.
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george,
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