I will always remember today. Grace sat next to me on the couch, trying to hum along with Aretha Franklin. Ruby ran in circles, Lillie not quite 7 months old sat on the floor. Sunlight pushed through our windows and I (despite my flu body aches) allowed the speeches, the small moments, the feeling, move me to tears instantly. There are many more reasons to celebrate besides the issue of race, but for me, today was about the daunting mountain that everyone has managed to not just climb, but blow apart.
When I was 16, I sat on my bedroom floor for several days straight reading Roots by Alex Haley. I wept through most of it, got sick, got sad. My confidence in the human race was shaken and stirred. Today I saw a black man at the podium and it was a victory for every American that has only wanted peace from the beginning. On all issues, may Barack Obama deliver at least in part what he has promised to our constantly evolving society. I hope the promises he has made can transfer into successes for our country. I hope his presidency gathers together the ranks of young people in our country and helps them truly believe in America.
...And how rad was the closing prayer guy?
When I was 16, I sat on my bedroom floor for several days straight reading Roots by Alex Haley. I wept through most of it, got sick, got sad. My confidence in the human race was shaken and stirred. Today I saw a black man at the podium and it was a victory for every American that has only wanted peace from the beginning. On all issues, may Barack Obama deliver at least in part what he has promised to our constantly evolving society. I hope the promises he has made can transfer into successes for our country. I hope his presidency gathers together the ranks of young people in our country and helps them truly believe in America.
...And how rad was the closing prayer guy?
