Ach, Nein! Mia Love gone at age 49

    She will be missed and is gone way too soon. She was one of my favorite politicians. Why? She became a congressperson in one of the states that I have lived in. Every time she spoke, I tended to completely agree with what she said. She was a groundbreaking Republican based on her race and gender.

    She was an American success story and a great person, from all accounts.

    Wow. I did not know that she had been diagnosed with brain cancer and given so little time. She outlived the initial prognosis by two years. Wow. She did not make it to 50. But she did lived a sweet, influential life. She inspired me, and perhaps millions.

    The longer we live, the more we see people who do not live out their natural course, which would be more old age and causes of aging. Many of us are not destined to live out the longest term of our lives.

    I am grateful that I have lived into my 54th year. It seems like an advanced age, compared to many, or too many that do not reach this age. Yet, most live to their 60s, 70s, and many far beyond.

    Ahh, Mia. I am grateful that she lived and lived well. She has a legacy that I am extremely respectful of, and inspired by. I would like to read her book. I am glad that she has left behind three children. I cannot help but think that they can live on the dream of their mother.

    Some people think of Republicans as racists. Some are, I think we can agree. But most of us are not. We have different ways of seeing government and finances. And morals and values that we believe in.

    Mia saw things as I did. I will have to search more if there was anything politically or morally that she believed that I did not concur with.

    But now she is gone! Ahh, I need some more Mia Loves to root for and stand with.

    God bless her family and her causes, and her country. Yours and mine. We have lost a large, shining light. May her memory and her goodness last forever in as many as possible.

    Thankful for her life and meaning.

    Fare thee well; I hope to meet you in the life to come. With my remaining years, which I do not know how many there will be, I hope to have a portion of the effect that you have made in your community and your world. Our world has been so much better because of Mia Love.

    One of my favorite candidates for office of all time. She was special, unique, and I think she really knew how to think and act. That can be rare in public service. Rare in life.

    Grateful to live in a land where she became a known advocate and public servant for good.