1. Not to be overtly maudlin right after the ball dropped, but the passing of #BettyWhite is affecting me ***way***more than it should-especially given her age of 99.
I've been sitting here trying to analyze why, and I thought I'd share... 2. It's because Betty was a unique national treasure-a throwback from a different era when we, as Americans had more grace, more class, and more goodness. She straddled two timelines, "her" generation AND the current one, staying relevant for over 60 years-right to the very end.