What a grateful tribute from the daughter who never met her father to a remarkable mother while she is still alive! Ethel Kennedy’s life has been marked by blessings and tragedies, although both served in silver spoons, from sweet to salty, to bitter, to rotten, her lifetime’s flavors have proven to taste vastly different!
Eleven children would be more than a reason to tape hours and hours of film. It is easy for me to imagine how many stories each of these siblings would have to tell about her mother. But, as if not enough, a public life, a man he adored, loosing both her parents at once in a car accident, her activism in politics and humanitarian causes, becoming a rock to support her extended family when her brother-in-law, President Kennedy, was assassinated; ultimately, continue to raise her own kids with strong values on her own, when his husband was also murdered.
A woman of courage, a witness of our evolution as society, a loving mother, an adventurous spirit who has survived the insurmountable. An inspirational role model!