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2015-06-11 19:11:48
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Nancy Pinchera
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I want bold and edgy- something you'd want to stick on your car- not soft and cuddly- at least that's what I think Beau would want. Love you. Can you come to lake in August? RHB 202.333.1880 > On Jun 11, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Nancy Pinchera <npinchera@icloud.com> wrote: > > Rick's taking a stab at it:) > Nancy > > >> On Jun 10, 2015, at 7:27 PM, Robert Biden <rhbdc@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Beaubidenfoundation.org >> For the Protection of Children >> Temp site already exists- take a look. >> >> RHB >> 202.333.1880 >> >>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Nancy Pinchera <npinchera@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Rick would be honored to come up with ideas for you (and Beau) >>> We would need some general ideas from you first. What will be the mission of the foundation? >>> Nancy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Nancy Pinchera >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:24 PM, Robert Biden <rhbdc@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Trying to come up with a logo for Beau Biden foundation-- any cool ideas from you or Rick? >>>> >>>> RHB >>>> 202.333.1880 >>>> >>>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Nancy Pinchera <npinchera@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I bet your Dad would like this poem. I would like to imagine that he takes living very seriously:) >>>>> >>>>> Nancy >>>>> >>>>> On Living >>>>> by Nazim Hikmet >>>>> >>>>> I >>>>> Living is no laughing matter: >>>>> you must live with great seriousness >>>>> like a squirrel, for example-- >>>>> I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, >>>>> I mean living must be your whole occupation. >>>>> Living is no laughing matter: >>>>> you must take it seriously, >>>>> so much so and to such a degree >>>>> that, for example, your hands tied behind your back, >>>>> your back to the wall, >>>>> or else in a laboratory >>>>> in your white coat and safety glasses, >>>>> you can die for people-- >>>>> even for people whose faces you've never seen, >>>>> even though you know living >>>>> is the most real, the most beautiful thing. >>>>> I mean, you must take living so seriously >>>>> that even at seventy, for example, you'll plant olive trees-- >>>>> and not for your children, either, >>>>> but because although you fear death you don't believe it, >>>>> because living, I mean, weighs heavier. >>>>> II >>>>> Let's say we're seriously ill, need surgery-- >>>>> which is to say we might not get up >>>>> from the white table. >>>>> Even though it's impossible not to feel sad >>>>> about going a little too soon, >>>>> we'll still laugh at the jokes being told, >>>>> we'll look out the window to see if it's raining, >>>>> or still wait anxiously >>>>> for the latest newscast. . . >>>>> Let's say we're at the front-- >>>>> for something worth fighting for, say. >>>>> There, in the first offensive, on that very day, >>>>> we might fall on our face, dead. >>>>> We'll know this with a curious anger, >>>>> but we'll still worry ourselves to death >>>>> about the outcome of the war, which could last years. >>>>> Let's say we're in prison >>>>> and close to fifty, >>>>> and we have eighteen more years, say, >>>>> before the iron doors will open
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