Jenna Bush Hager said goodbye to her grandfather President George H.W. Bush in a touching tribute on her Instagram account on Friday.
President Bush died on November 30 at 94 years old. The “Today” show correspondent always had a special relationship with her grandfather and she reflected on his passing in a touching post.
“Waking up missing this giant of a man who gave me everything. He taught me and my family about service, family, decency, the power of gentle words and a beautiful heart. I will miss him desperately but so happy he and my Grandmother are back together.”
Jenna also opened up about a conversation she had with her grandpa about death before his passing.
“I had the opportunity to talk with my grandpa about the afterlife,” she continued. “This is what he said: He answered without any hesitation. ‘Yes, I think about it. I used to be afraid. I used to be scared of dying. I used to worry about death. But now in some ways I look forward to it.’ And I started crying.”
“I managed to choke out, ‘Well, why? What do you look forward to?'” Jenna wrote. “And he said, ‘Well, when I die, I’m going to be reunited with these people that I’ve lost.’ And I asked who he hoped to see. He replied, I hope I see Robin, and I hope I see my mom. I haven’t yet figured it out if it will be Robin as the three year old that she was, this kind of chubby, vivacious child or if she’ll come as a middle-aged woman, an older woman.’ And then he said, ‘I hope she’s the three-year-old.'”
“Robin was the daughter this giant of a man lost years before to leukemia,” Jenna said. “The little girl he held tightly: who spoke the phrase I have heard Gampy repeat for my entire life, forever knitting Robin’s voice into the tightly woven fabric of our family: ‘I love you more than tongue can tell.'”
Jenna’s dad President George W. Bush shared a sweet tribute of his own to his dad. He shared a picture of his parents heading toward Air Force One side by side.
This president and father and grandfather will surely be missed.
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