Today Lisa Hendey posted this article about Eunice Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, who recently died at the age of 88. This powerful member of the Kennedy family did her best to advocate for the most marginalized members of our society, the mentally and developmentally disabled. (Her sister Rosemary was mentally disabled.)

Here’s one from the Houston Chronicle. It states in part, “In 1993, U.S. News & World Report paid Shriver what is perhaps the highest compliment. Assessing her work with the Special Olympics, the newsmagazine concluded that her efforts on behalf of the mentally disabled could well be the most enduring legacy of her generation of the Kennedy family.”

Rest in peace, Mrs. Shriver — a truly Extraordinary Mom.