Now, as you go through this last bit of the journey with your husband, please know that those of us who were his political foot soldiers walk every step of the way with you in deep sorrw and profound gratitude. But also with enormous pride at what we accomplished together by having the courage and foresight to follow President Ronald Wilson Reagan.
Dear Mrs Reagan,
May God bless you and your remarkable husband for proving the power of faith, love and fidelity against an ungodly, hateful and fickle world.
He will rest in peace. May you rest easy in that knowledge and remain hopeful for your joyful reunion.
Sincerely,
A Proud American
You shared a lifetime with a wonderful partner. As much as he meant to you, I am sure that you know how much he meant to us. Thank you for sharing him with us.
We are saying prayers for his soul and for you and your family. The president knew well that he could never have changed the world without the strength you gave him. You were always there every step of the way. My family and I are grateful to both of you. That gratitude is immeasurable.
May the prayers and outpouring of love from around the world help sustain you. And may you know that someday you will join him again and touch the face of God.
Mrs. Reagan, may you find comfort in knowing that the arms that hold President Regan now, are the same arms that are wrapped around your heart today. God bless you and your family.
Mrs. Reagan, I want you to know how DEARLY our beloved Ronny will be missed! God bless you and your family members. May he continue to comfort and give you great peace.
While watching the news coverage on Saturday, my wife said to me, speaking of President and Mrs. Reagan, "I remember the way they looked at each other. Their eyes showed the love they had for each other."
Yesterday, listening to the news, my 12-year-old son asked about President Reagan, "Is he the one that lied?"
"No," his mother answered, "that was President Clinton. Ronald Reagan told the truth."
Our Blessed Father,
Today you have seen fit to call home to you our former and very well-loved President, Ronald Reagan.
Father, this man appeared to many of us to be devoted to doing your Will and pursuing your Vision. He had a warmth and humor which was as infectious as it was comforting after a period of stress and upheaval. One of the first things accomplished by his strength was the release of the Iranian hostages. Father, we are still grateful for your protecting arm upon those people during that horrible time.
We saw this man wounded by a would-be assassin's bullet. You answered our prayers to protect and preserve his life. Father, thank you for not calling him home at that time, for we still needed him.
You guided him during those years of confrontation with the Soviet Union. Your Spirit moved upon him, and he spoke the simple yet stark words, "TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" You gave him the keys and the strategies to cause this to happen. The Wall came down.
Father, there are so many memories of this one who was our Commander In Chief. Many of us growing up in the 50's and 60's have fond memories of his television program "Death Valley Days." We still laugh and appreciate some of the madcap comedies he played in. We STILL refer to him as the "Gipper" from his portrayal of that football legend. We gasped in amazement in those pre-Rush Limbaugh days, at hearing his voice of reason coming from our radios. We were amazed to see this simple actor climb the political ladder with such success, from President of the Screen Actors Guild, to Governor of California, to President.
We have grieved with him and his family upon learning that he was struck down with Alzheimers. Father, we are grateful that the suffering is ended. He and his family have extended a blessed hand of assistance to the many thousands of us dealing with that disease by being open and providing such helpful role models. Their openness has been the impetus for much of the recent research and breakthroughs which are taking place now. We grieve now for the final loss of his presence among us. We ask that you will enfold and comfort his family and those closest to him.
Comfort, Father, this entire nation who feels this loss keenly. We ask also that as we meditate upon and celebrate his life, that we may be granted as a people a strong reminder of the lessons he had to teach.
Let us remember that when we see evil, not only is it ok, but it is actually required that we name it for what it is. Help us to remember that real courage is taking ahold of your divine Vision and not allowing any distractions tear us from our course. Help us to remember that when we start something, we must finish it.
If it is at all in accordance to thy Will and and Law, and if you call him to do so, please let him work with our current leaders in some way by somehow sharing his wisdom with them.
Father, we commend into your keeping, with great gratitude our own President Ronald Reagan. We are grateful that your moving finger wrote and he was the man for his time.
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Thank you for being always the lady, which earlier generations of Americans--in days of far higher moral standards--would have expected of their First Lady. Your devotion to the President; your exemplary example of personal conduct and deportment, fittingly complemented the Administration of the one Twentieth Century American President, who stood foursquare for the traditional values of the American people.
Even as your husband sought to revitalize the concept of an America based not upon dependence on Government, but on individual responsibility, initiative and accountability, your example of a devoted and loving wife, tended to revitalize traditional family values--the sustaining thread to the ethos of any people. Together, you offered a sharp contrast to the false values of those who seek to make the individual dependent upon the collective; to those who seek to turn men and women into competing special interests; to those who seek to enlarge Government, rather than contain it; to those who seek new and grasping roles for politicians and public office holders; in short, to all those who threaten both the character of our institutions and the decency of our people.
May our departed President, and you as his devoted mate, always find God's Blessing. For an all too brief eight years, you offered us more than we had seen for a long, long time before; more than we have seen since. God willing, your memory will someday soon inspire others to seek to attain the same heights of public service and dedication.
Thank you.
William Flax
Dear Mrs. Reagan
Thank you so much for sharing your husband with the rest of America. May God grant you peace in knowing how many other share your love and your grief.
God Bless the Reagan family & God Bless the United States of America
ST
North Haven, Connecticut
First of all, know that many, many Americans and freedom-lovers the world over are sharing your grief. All of us have lost a great leader and friend. Ronald Reagan was our friend, our example and our rock.
Nancy, thank you for the support you gave President Reagan throughout your marriage. You helped him... you helped us...
As Lincoln, your husband now belongs to the Ages. He will not be forgotten, but lives in our hearts and in all who strive for human dignity and liberty.
He was, and is, one of the Greats. So many Americans admire the man, his character and his vision.
The thoughts and prayers of my family are with you and your family. Thank you for sharing your husband with us. We love him.
Mrs. Reagan,
Your husband made my life, and the World, better. I know he could not have done it without a good woman like yourself backing him up.
Thank you, both of you, and may God bless.
John Rollinson
Dear Mrs. Reagan; The words "In Sickness and In Health" were some that you took to heart and never wavered from. God bless you for your sterling work in caring for your beloved husband for ten years. You fought the good fight. Colleen Dawson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dear Mrs. Reagan:
As many have already said, and as many will no doubt say after me, the mark that your husband left not only on our nation but on the lives of so many of its citizens will never be forgotten.
I was very proud to cast my first presidential ballot for your husband in 1984 at the age of 19. And I'm even more proud to say that Ronald Reagan's legacy as a leader and as a gentleman will remain with me forever.
My children are growing up in a world forever altered by your husband's vision and determination. They are growing up in a land where so many Americans again feel pride in their heritage and are not ashamed, or afraid, of their nation's call to greatness.
His legacy is more than just successful and influential policy. It is more than victory, more even than winning the Cold War. It is about an entire generation of Americans learning anew that it's okay to be proud of your nation. He reminded us that it's all right to dream and we ought not be afraid to do it.
Your husband awakened this land and did it through the inner strength of every one of us. And in my own case I know I'll proudly teach his lessons to my own children and hold them to my heart forever.
In your time of profound sorrow, please know that your husband's followers, in their millions, grieve with you and pray for you and your family. We thank you for sharing him with us and count ourselves fortunate to have been led by such a magnificent man. His legacy lives on in each of us.
Dear Mrs. Reagan,
Your strength and courage is an inspiration to all. A coworker and I cried together today as we looked at photos that touchingly illustrated your love and devotion right to the very end.
We can only hope that the love that you shared and continue to share with President Reagan will encourage others to hang tough in their own relationships. May you gather continuing strength in the knowledge that President Reagan is wrapped in God's loving arms for eternity, patiently waiting until you two are together once again.
May God continue to bless you and your family abundantly,
dansangel and .45MAN
Thank you for taking such fine care of a man who I never met, but who nonetheless meant a great deal to me.
He was courageous, gallant and awe-inspiring, responding to the left in a manner prior to his presidency we had never before witnessed. The eight years of his tenure, as leader of the free world, were a thrill to behold. For the first time in my life, I was sorry (and tearfully sorry) to see a president leave office.
I have missed him terribly ever since, particularly these last ten years. It was comforting to know he was in the care of your good, kind and loving hands. Thank you.
Thank you also for sharing him with this nation. I will never forget how he inspired in us the idea we could conquer great evil, if only we believed and acted upon those beliefs.
You were as perseverent and brave while tending to him all throughout his illness, as he was when he tended to the affairs of our beloved America during his eight year reign as our most powerful leader. You have approached these ceremonial days as we remember him, with the same vigor and strength of spirit.
You are a tribute to your husband and the fine, decent and extraordinary man that he was. As they say behind every good man is a good woman, and in this case behind this GREAT man was a GREAT woman.
Witnessing the reaction of the nation to his passing, you now understand, he and you have been in our thoughts, hearts and prayers all during his long illness. We have not forgotten him nor WILL WE EVER FORGET our most beloved and special president, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
God Bless and keep you, as you mourn him in the days ahead.
Sincerely,
Tough Stough
Thank you for your steadfast loving support of President Reagan through the years. Your love for the man who changed the world, and the love he returned to you in full measure, helped give history a personal feeling.
Thank you for safeguarding the President's privacy and dignity over the difficult years leading to his passing.
I am teaching my son about the President's legacy, particularly his victory over the evils of communism. The ideals of Ronald Reagan live on through the generations.
May God grant you His Strength and Love during this trying time in your life.
President Reagan will be remembered as the greatest president of the United States in well over one hundred years. He gave us hope when there was none, he reminded us that this truly is "that shinning city."
One day the two of you will once again hold each other in God's Great Heaven.
Until then, know that so many of us would love to put our arms around you and attempt to give you comfort as he would.
God Bless you, God Bless Ronald Reagan, and God Bless America.
Budge Rahe,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
I was proud to vote for Ronald Wilson Reagan for President, not once but twice. And more proud of the character and hope that you both brought to the White House. I can remember the terrible dread and darkness that epitomized the preceding administration, and the hope and promise that your arrival gave us.
In my humble opinion, President Reagan was the best President we ever had, and with you by his side, gave all of us something to be proud of once again. I've read his book, and will forever be impressed by his vision, courage and morality. It was for me, a sad day when the President left office, and when you left the capitol, it seems as if the city dimmed without your presence.
I always admired the way you stood beside the President, though the good times and the bad. I believe that you epitomize all that is great about this country, and I've said that here before. I know the President has gone to a far better place, and awaits the day you will be re-united forever.
We never forgot what the grace and integrity that you brought to America, and how brightly that city on the hill shined. May God bless you Mrs. Reagan, and may God bless America.
We will never, never forget.