1964

"'Did you know my Father was president of the United States of America and that he got shot?'

'Yes, I did know,' I answered carefully. 'And I'm so sorry that happened, Caroline.' ...

'Where were you when it happened, Kath?' ...

Now I was telling President Kennedy's little girl how my father had come into our room that night, as he usually did for bedtime prayers ... how he offered up our daily rosary to the soul of President Kennedy and his grieving family. 'Peace be with them.' ...

I fell silent and saw tears falling down Caroline's cheeks. She was very quiet for a few moments then spoke up in a clear voice meant to reassure me she was all right.

'I was just saying a little prayer for him,' she said, wiping her eyes."

--Kathy McKeon, "Jackie's Girl"