George Bush of Houston, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, waves to backers who cheer him after he addressed the Republican State Convention in Austin, Texas, Sept. 15, 1964. Bush seeks the seat held by Sen. Ralph Yarborough. (AP Photo)
George Bush, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, looks through papers during the adoption of the agenda at the United Nations General Assembly at the headquarters in New York, Sept. 22, 1971. The U.S. and 16 other countries called on the General Assembly to seat Communist China in the United Nations while permitting Nationalist China to remain. (AP Photo)
George Bush is sworn in as new director of the Central Intelligence Agency by Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart, left, as Mrs Barbara Bush and President Gerald Ford, at right, look on at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., January 30, 1976. Bush succeeds William Colby who retired. (AP Photo)
George Bush beams as some of his family members applaud at the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday, May 1, 1979 where he formally announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. From left are: John E., a son; Columba, a daughter-in-law; Marvin, a son; Dorothy, a daughter; Mrs. Barbara Bush, his wife; and Bush. (AP Photo/Taylor)
** FILE ** Republican candidate for President Ronald Reagan, left, and his running mate George H.W. Bush answer questions during a press conference Friday, July 26, 1980. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush discuss the formation of the President's Task Force on Regulatory Relief, which will be headed by Bush, over lunch in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 22, 1981. (AP Photo)
Vice President George Bush addresses the Republican National Convention to accept its nomination for a second term in Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 23, 1984. (AP Photo)
Vice President George H. W. Bush, second from left, with his wife Barbara Bush, looking on at right, addresses supporters during an Over the Top rally, Tuesday, May 4, 1988, Washington, D.C. Bush, who clinched the Republican presidential nomination last week, waited until Tuesday to celebrate his success and wins in uncontested Indiana, Ohio and the District of Columbia primary races. Bush's son, George W. Bush is second from right. The man on the left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
Republican running mates George H. W. Bush, center, and Sen. Dan Quayle, third from right, begin the long campaign trial at a rally in Quayle's hometown, Friday, Aug. 20, 1988 Huntington, Ind. Bush's wife, Barbara Bush , left, Quayle's wife, Marilyn Quayle, right, and daughter Corinne Quayle, joined them at the rally. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
President-elect George Bush waves to the Houston rally honoring him while surrounded by his family after his election to the nation's top office, Nov. 9, 1988. (AP Photo)
President George Bush raises his right hand as he is sworn into office as the 41st president of the United States by Chief Justice William Rehnquist outside the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1989. First lady Barbara Bush holds the bible for her husband. Former President Reagan is in the background. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
At an impromptu press conference on the White House South Lawn Sunday, President Bush counters press reports that suggested he would launch strikes against Iraq this week as a means of boosting his campaign. Bush had just returned from a three-day weekend at Camp David preparing for his trip to the GOP convention that begins Monday in Houston. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) 
Pres. George H. W. Bush, left, speaks to the orbiting Columbia astronauts with Vice Pres. Dan Quayle from the Oval Office, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1989, Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Pres. George H. W. Bush makes a point during first presidential prime time televised news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 9, 1989, Washington, D.C. Bush told reporters that the United States cannot return to totally normal relations with china unless that government recognizes the validity of democracy forces. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
U.S. President George Bush shakes hands with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the conclusion of their joint news conference ending the one day summit, Sunday, Sept. 9, 1990 in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shin)
President Bush speaks during a news conference in the White House Thursday where he announced that he has asked James A. Baker III to resign as secretary of state and replace Sam Skinner as White House chief of staff. Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger will replace Baker at the state department. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson) 
U.S. President George H. Bush sits with Secretary of State James Baker, left, at the Round Table as the summit talks begin with the other leaders of the G-7 countries in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 7, 1992. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
President and Mrs. George Bush are given a send-off by White House staffers Monday morning on the South Lawn of the White House as they departed to fly to Indianapolis, Ind., and then on to the Republican Convention in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President George H W Bush is joined by family members as he concedes to Bill Clinton on Nov. 3, 1992 at Houston hotel in Houston. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Former President George H. W. Bush applauds during the evening session of the first day of the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Former President George H. W. Bush talks to the media during an impromptu visit of the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
Former President Bush, right, and former President Bill Clinton emerge from meetings at the State Department Tuesday, March 8, 2005 in Washington. Former President Bill Clinton will undergo a medical procedure this week to remove fluid and scar tissue from his left chest, six months after he underwent quadruple bypass surgery, his office said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton smile on the podium after receiving their honorary degrees at Tulane University Commencement in New Orleans on Saturday May 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
Former President Bill Clinton, left, Sen. Barack Obama, center, and former president George Bush meet with hurricane Katrina evacuees in the Reliant Center adjacent to the Astrodome in Houston, Monday, September 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Richard Carson, Pool)
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, meets with former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush to receive their endorsements Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush’s condition continues to improve and that he was moved Saturday out of intensive care and into a regular hospital room. The Washington Times has prepared a digital get-well card for the former president, celebrating the many highlights in his career. The former president remains at Houston’s Methodist Hospital. Well-wishers were encouraged to send their favorite memories to Maria Stainer, editor of the Continuous News Desk, who compiled them below.
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Dear Mr. President,
My family and I were very pleased to hear that you have been moved out of the ICU.
We celebrated Christmas with my sister and her family this evening. We toasted to your health, your leadership and your statesmanship. This country of ours needs you, Mr. President … your mission is not done yet.
Continue to heal.
Kindest wishes,
The Elliott Family
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Dear Mr. President: My family has been following the news about your hospitalization. We hope your will to live remains strong. Please don’t leave us yet. I always look forward to news of how you are spending your birthday.
Wayne J. Newton, Captain, USN (Ret.) and family
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Dear Mr. President,
I had the great pleasure to serve your White House Operations Staff after Desert Storm as part of the National Victory Celebration in 1991. I was Linda Reed O'Meara’s deputy, and with her direction trained and placed more than 3,000 volunteers in five events for that wonderful day. (Linda was Director of Operations Staffing for the National Victory Celebration.)
It is one of my earliest career achievements, and I still consider it one of my finest. My service in your administration cemented my core conservative principles and my service to the Republican Party. I continued on to run several campaigns and describe myself proudly as a “Bush Republican.”
I am thinking of you and your family, and I wish you a comfortable and peaceful recovery. Get well soon, sir.
With fondness and admiration,
Michele Monopoli Tivey
Weston, Conn.
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Dear Mr. President,
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