The Eye-Opening Biden Letter That Recently Resurfaced
President-elect Joe Biden has experienced more than his life's share of struggles and personal tragedies. In December of 1972, he lost his first wife Neilia Biden and their 18-month-old daughter in a car accident. Years later, in May 2015, his son Beau Biden died of cancer at 46.
These difficult experiences have been a lesson in compassion. In Biden's 2020 presidential victory speech, Biden emphasized that he strives to serve everyone, not just the people who voted for him. He stated, "I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify, who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the United States."
Likewise, Biden knows a thing or two about healing and the importance of family. With the country dealing with record-breaking coronavirus cases and unrest, it is only fitting that a letter has resurfaced that Biden issued to his staff back in 2014, when he was vice president during the Obama administration. Keep scrolling to find out why the letter has gone viral.
Family comes first for Joe Biden
Joe Biden sent a memo to his staff as vice president in November 2014, before the Thanksgiving holiday. In the letter, titled Biden urged his staffers not to "sacrifice important family obligations for work" and stressed that "if I find out that you are working with me while missing important family responsibilities, it will disappoint me greatly."
"I do not expect nor do I want any of you to miss or sacrifice important family obligations for work," Biden wrote in the note. "Family obligations include but are not limited to family birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, any religious ceremonies such as first communions and bar mitzvahs, graduations, and times of need such as an illness or a loss in the family." He ended the message by saying, "This has been an unwritten rule since my days in the Senate. Thank you all for the hard work."
The heartwarming letter was shared by Twitter user Dan Barker, who noted that this was likely written with thoughts of his first wife and daughter, as well as his son Beau, who died shortly after. The message truly touched people. One Twitter user wrote, "This letter overjoys me, and that's sad — this should be a standard of human decency, and it isn't in many workplaces. I am nevertheless so glad to see it. Thank you, Mr President-Elect." If only every employer took Biden's words to heart.