OPINION: What I experienced at Barbara Bush's bedside in her final days
I anointed her head with a cross of oil. The president was holding her hand, as he had been all day. Everyone in the room—all of us—then knelt by her bed—Neil and Maria, Pierce and Sarahbeth, Evan, Neely, Marshall, and I. We all put our hands on her—and again, prayed
When I finished with"Amen," everyone was weeping and telling Bar,"I love you." The doctor was near, and Bar took her final breath."She’s gone," he whispered. The president asked him to repeat it."She’s gone to heaven, Mr. President." We were still all kneeling, still all weeping. Maria lifted her head, looked at me, and whispered,"What does that mean?" Now was a time for family, not for those of us who were not—so Evan, Neely, the doctor, and I left and the door closed. We were quietly standing in the hall outside the room. Pierce opened the door and said,"Russ, he wants you to come and pray again."
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