Hard Times.

Last week came the solemn announcement by Sen. Obama that he would be suspending his campaigning for a couple of days this weekend to visit his ill grandmother back on Oahu. According to The Honolulu Advertiser, Obama visited his grandmother at the Punahou Circle Apartments on South Beretania Street just a couple of blocks from Young Street, which I've realized is on the same block as my late grandmother's apartment. He mentioned yesterday that she may not be well enough to make it through to see her grandson get elected president, but that he was glad to be able to speak with her while she still has all her faculties. My heart goes out to Sen. Obama and his family...We all know how hard it is to lose a loved one. It's a shame that they are being forced to go through all of this in the public eye during a time of such stress on the campaign trail.