Robert Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times that his wife had long been struggling with depression that predated their marital difficulties.
“A lot of times, I don’t know how she made it through the day,” he was quoted saying. “She was in a lot of agony for a lot of her life.”
His sister, Kerry Kennedy, who has called Mary Richardson Kennedy her right arm, told the Times that her friend fought mightily “to overcome that horrible disease … fighting, fighting, fighting with every ounce of her being to beat back those demons.”
Others who knew her wonder if the demons were not just her own. What is certain is that any recriminations will only make everything harder for her children.
On Saturday, the children will go with their father and with their mother’s coffin into St. Patrick’s Church. Msgr. George Thompson will face a task beyond all doctors, bringing healing after a death. He is sure to tell the mourners that in the absence of answers there is still faith.
In the afternoon, the St. Patrick’s Carnival is scheduled to reopen and luckier kids will add to their store of happy memories. The carnival is scheduled to close Sunday, but it will return next year for those fortunate enough to see another spring.
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