When It Rains, It Pours

I don't particularly agree with Ted Kennedy's politics. However, it was released today that he has a malignant brain tumor. I started to think about the Kennedy's in general and in particular Ted Kennedy. Here is a family who has all the wealth and privilege that you could possibly have. They are the closest thing to royalty we have in this country. But as a family, they have had so much sadness, especially this man. His brothers were both assassinated suddenly and so publicly. His nephew dies in plane crash. Again, a public national tragedy. Various nephews and cousins have been accused and tried for crimes ranging from rape and murder to drugs. He himself, has lived in the shadow and suspicion of what really happened that night on that Chappaquiddick bridge so many years ago. He could have rested on his laurels, living his life on Easy Street. But instead, he served his life as a servant of the people, earning a meager salary while fighting for the principles his family believed in. I feel badly for Ted Kennedy. Regardless of what he believes politically. I feel bad for his sister Eunice. I feel badly for Caroline who will see every parental figure and sibling she ever has had die tragically before their time. I wish the Kennedy family the very best as they face this new tragedy. A bullet in the head for Jack, a bullet in the chest for Bobby and now a tumor in the brain for Teddy. How much saddness can one family have?