family was literally all over the world. i had a son in the army who was in south america. i had a daughter who was with friends up in alaska or in the northwest someplace. my wife was traveling. i was traveling in the west coast, and we were able to bring our family back together. that was the kind of thing he did. even when he was governor, i remember one instance when this was in the middle of the vietnam war, and a young man, a young man i think a sergeant or so in the army had, sent him a letter, and enclosed $20 and said, dear governor, our first wedding anniversary will be on such and such a date, about two weeks ahead. would you mind taking this money and buying some flowers and getting them to my wife? and ronald reagan, of course, not only added a few dollars, quite a few dollars for a little better bouquet and