About Grandmothers....Sending Prayers to Obama and his grandmother...

{{ Originally posted 10.20.08}}
Obama is spending time with his grandmother in Hawaii today and tomorrow....

All of us have grandmothers in our lives...or had grandmothers in our lives. They hold a special place in our hearts and help us become better people. It is the little things...walks on the beach, fresh warm pie, prayers at bedtime, clean warm sheets that smell of sunshine,new shoes for school, and a shoulder to lean on when things don't go quite right. They are the difference between growing up confused and grounded. They help us to grow stronger and share their wisdom like lemonade on the patio....They are a gift.
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Obama is rearranging his week to go see his grandmother in Hawaii. She helped raise him and care for him and his half sister.In his books he talks lovingly of how she nurtured him with her Kansas Ways. She was born and raised in Kansas, and later worked on a Boeing Line during WWII while her Stanley went and fought in the war.She went to University of Washington while she worked on the Bomber line. By 1960 they had moved to Hawaii, and his mother would go to school there and fall in love with the Student Barack from Kenya. Madelyn was a brave woman , for she started working in banking in Hawaii in those early years, at a time when not many women or white women went into Banking in the Islands. She later became one of the first Female Vice Presidents of a Bank on the Islands.She was admired as a businesswoman. Obama on the Stomp has talked fondly about how she went without so that she could help send him to school and college.He talks about how she helped raise him and his sister Maya.

Her Birthday is October 26th, she will be 86.As Obama suspends campaigning to go be by her side and be with her this last birthday may we send prayers, and light ..in the Spirit of Ma halo and Aloha.....to Obama, his sister Maya, and his beloved "Tutu".
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Photo of Barack Obama with his grandmother...Madelyn Dunham...

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There can be only one song to give...sung by a Hawaiian..."Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'

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Many Obama supporters are sending her a postcard. Here"s the address (From DailyKos).send ONLY postcards. Please send best wishes so they know how much they are loved and appreciated by so many Americans.

Mrs. Madelyn Dunham
In care of: Obama for America
Honolulu Headquarters
1050 Ala Moana Blvd Ste D2690
Honolulu, HI 96814