She was a very kind and dignified First Lady. Pretty amazing to be the wife AND mother of a US President, regardless of your political affiliation. Barbara was solid as a rock. She was loving, and never spoke unkind words or attacked political enemies.
I heard a story yesterday that was interesting. Mrs. Bush lost a daughter, Robin, to leukemia when the little girl was 4, I believe. Barbara was devastated, of course, and never really recovered. Her hair went white prematurely, and she said she would never color it, just for vanity. She kept it white to remember Robin.
Maybe now she is reunited with Robin in heaven. And her hair is soft and brown. And leukemia has no place. And joy fills their reunion for eternity.