Probably been asked/answered, but who is the young, tall, bearded man with

[gateley]

Vicki Kennedy? He's been with her a lot. Thanks.

[DURHAM D]

1. Her son from a prior marriage. nt

[gateley]

3. Boy! I wasn't even thinking! I heard she had two children from her previous

marriage, and I thought YOUNG kids! I'm so happy they're at this age to be there for her. Thanks!

[Lebam in LA]

2. I think it is her son

[gateley]

4. Thanks -- you're right. Don't know why I didn't think of that. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

5. It's her son. Here's a recent family pic, taken at Mass General...

[Raine]

7. I love your signature picture

with Teddy and Splash, so sweet.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thanks. I changed my pic a few days ago

To honor Senator Kennedy. And I thought it went well with my sig quote, which I've had since we've had sigs here. There are so many wonderful pix of the Senator and his beloved pups... And, yes, that is Splash. Here's a sweet one of Cappy, but you can't see the Senator's face... :hi:

[Raine]

9. Aw that's sweet too nt

[Rhiannon12866]

10. He was obviously close to his dogs. They even met him when he was released from the hospital...

Sounds like my family... ;)

:loveya:

[Raine]

13. That's like my family too

I remember the dogs greeting him when he was released, seeing that made me cry it touched my heart so much.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. My Dad traveled quite a bit, his hobby was visiting every country that he wanted to...

My Dad was a real animal lover, was particularly close to my Cairn Terrier, so I'd take him with me to pick up my parents. Every single time, it was obvious the dog was annoyed with them for being gone so long, would ignore them for about a week. My Mother was insulted, but my Dad thought it was amusing... :D

[bobbolink]

11. Damn...that's a recent picture? He looks so healthy...

:cry:

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I believe that this pic was taken at Mass General in Boston, when he was diagnosed.

(I recognize it because I had two surgeries there... x( ) I think that was 15 months ago. Senator Kennedy then had surgery at Duke. So he was in much better health in this pic than in the past several weeks when we didn't see him. ;(

I should have qualified "recent" to mean since he became ill. Apparently he got much sicker in recent weeks, since he couldn't make it to the Senate, though he so wanted to be there to fight for and vote on health care. ;(

[DUgosh]

6. Curran Raclan

Her son - she has a lovely daughter named Caroline too.