Contact her at reporting by Andrew Bahl, Ledyard King, Rebecca Morin and Ella Lee. Bob Dole planned in D.C., Topeka and RussellĮrin Davoran is a digital producer for the USA TODAY Network. So dig deep and chisel out that line, and live your dash to. Jerry Moran's office.įuneral, burial arrangements: Memorial events for former Sen. Death, cemeteries, eulogies, these things can give us a kick in the pants, reminding us to live well, to thrive and not just survive or exist to elongate that dash with intent and purposefulness and not shorten it with robot-like living, sleep-walking through this only life of ours. and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all. He noted that first came the date of birth. The World War II veteran will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, according to a spokesman with Kansas Sen. He referred to the dates on the tombstone. His body will then be returned to Washington. Memorial services will conclude Saturday, first in his birthplace of Russell and then at the Kansas Statehouse, where Dole's body will lie in repose. Laura Kelly receive Dole's casket at Salina Regional Airport on Friday. The minister’s sermon was based upon a poem entitled The Dash and written by inspirational writer, speaker and entrepreneur Linda Ellis, both the sermon and poem referring to the fact that funerals represent a definitive ending to a life, a period if you will, but that it is the individual’s life, his/her impact on others that. The funeral capped two days of tributes reserved for Washington's most consequential and revered dignitaries.Ī Kansas delegation led by Gov. His rise to national prominence started in small-town Kansas.īob Dole's constant pen in hand was a reminder of World War II woundsįuneral services for Bob Dole continue Saturday in KansasĪt the funeral in Washington on Friday, a bipartisan assemblage of politicians, led by President Joe Biden, honored Dole's lasting legacy as a bridge-builder in Congress. So, when your eulogy is being read with your life's actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash?īob Dole spent 60 years in the political spotlight. If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile, remembering that this special dash might only last a little while. If we could just slow down enough to consider what's true and real, and always try to understand the way other people feel.īe less quick to anger and show appreciation more, and love the people in our lives like we've never loved before. Are there things you'd like to change? For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged. What matters is how we live and love, and how we spend our dash. And now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.įor it matters not how much we own, the cars, the house, the cash. But he said what mattered most of all was the dash between the years.įor that dash represents all the time that they spent life on Earth. He noted first came the date of the birth and spoke the following date with tears. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning to the end. According to Linda Ellis, this dash represents our whole life.I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. However, between the time we are born and the time we die, there lies a dash of events that sum up our life. Questions of how and why pertaining to birth and death have stirred many and several are still in the quest for answers. Would you be proud of the things they sayįor centuries, life and death have been philosophies explored by thinkers time and again. He noted that first came the date of birth The poem illustrates the importance of the ‘dash’ that is written between the date of a person’s birth and the date of their passing. He referred to the dates on the tombstone The Dash Poem by Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speak
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