WOW….
Doesn’t even begin to describe the elation and the emotion that I feel this morning. It’s amazing how much our country came together and came out so support the candidate of their choice. To stand up and say this is how I feel. I am completely amazed, awed, and feel a renewed hope for our country. Congratulations to President-Elect Obama! What an awe inspiring evening, and an amazing change for our country. I can finally say that I am Opotomistic instead of Cautiously hopeful!
I think the cliche’s aside – what has caught all the emotion in my throat the past 24 hours are these 2 issues: 1. When I was a child, I heard all about the struggles of the 60’s. The demonstrations, the race issues, the sex issues, etc. The fighting and struggles that had gone on before I was born. I heard about this from my parents, my family, thier friends, my teachers and read about it in the history books. And I think what is the most amazing part of this to me, is that not only are we watching history be created, we activley participated in it’s creation. I was in the voting booth and in line yesterday. I have followed this race closely, and done reasearch on it. I have argued my point and my feels with friends, and family. And in the end – I was a part of this. In 15 years to 20 years, when my future children are reading the history books, I am going to be able to say to them…Mommy was there. This is what it was like, these were the issues, this was the backlash. 2. The fact that we have now come full circle! 
How amazing is this.
Historical footnotes aside…there is a part of me that just must say Nyanna Nyanna Nyanna!
