November 5, 2008
Even as a child, I’ve always been mindful of the liberties that we have here in the US that other countries don’t have, and I’ve been happy to be a US Citizen. It still remains without question in my mind that we live in the greatest nation in the world. It was not until a few hours ago though that I have ever truly felt PROUD to be an American. We’ve demonstrated that we’re able to polarize and make a difference through our great democracy, and we’ve done it in a fashion never before done. As I stated in an earlier blog, this isn’t about a Black man taking office and just sitting on his ass. I truly believe that we’ve put a leader in place that will LEAD.
I watched the celebrations and the jubilation on multiple channels, and the one thing that kept going through my minds was, “do these people realize the arduous road that is in front of us?” I also wondered as I sat with my 17 year old daughter and watched children in various audiences, if they fully realized just how far we’ve come as a nation, as a culture. The mountain has been moved, history has been made, and we are living it right now. So many of our ancestors fought, bled and died horrible deaths for this day. Yes, I cried. I shouted. I laughed. Didn’t you?
Now that we’ve made this big change in our world, we’ve got to continue to be a country of change. The Bush administration has had such a far reaching impact that who knows how long it will take to really give us a sense of being where we should be, but we’ve taken the right step. We’ve stopped the bleeding.
I have to now say something that I haven’t said before, but I’m happy to say it now. I’m SO glad that the man who looks like me (I have a nephew who looks just like President Elect Obama) has so much poise. I’m so happy that his family looks so much like mine. I am 100% certain that this man is fully prepared to embrace his role as not only president of the United States, but he’s now the biggest role model in the world, the RIGHT role model.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
