A couple of days to mourn a great man

No posts for a couple of days.  I've always considered myself fortunate to have met President H.W. Bush. He also gave me an opportunity to stand in the oval office, an experience most people will never have. It was 1983 or 84, Ronald Reagan was president and Bush 41 was VP.  I was in Washington DC for a meeting with a man named Herman Frechette from South Windsor CT. Herman and the VP we're college roommates at Yale. They teased that Herman was 10 years younger than the VP. The reason they were in school at the same time was because vice President Bush went into the service before attending Yale. He got us into the White House and the oval office. I'll never forget the feeling you get in your gut as soon as you enter that room.  I left with two souvenirs at day, a book of matches bearing the name Ronald W. Reagan in gold leaf stamped on it and a bag of jelly beans taken out of a big Brandy snifter on the desk that said stolen from the desk of President Ronald Reagan. Apparently the president had a sweet tooth and loved jelly beans ( something that we share). I still have the matches but the jelly beans have rotted away with age (I think I have the bag they came in). So I will always be grateful to Herman for taking me with him and especially President Bush 41 for giving me an experience of a lifetime. Herman passed away a few years ago and as you all know, President Bush 41 passed November 30th.  I hope they have met up and are enjoying each others company.  RIP 41