This is the sound of history.
Well, I don't know about all of you out there, but the tears have not stopped shedding out of pride, amazement and joy. THANK YOU GOD.
I had big plans to be a part in the historic day yesterday, but I was pinned to the bed with a migraine the size of the electoral vote and wasn't able to keep anything down until last night. At about 6:00pm I said to Graham that the next time I threw up we should book it to the polling place, because I had a good 20 minutes before I would need to throw up again. That's just what we did and I made it home in time to be sick one last time. I had plans to have dinner with my friend Nate, but when I called to cancel, he said, "Don't worry about voting--just get better." I said I would carry a BUCKET with me to the polling place before I stayed home and didn't vote.
As soon as I knew he had Ohio, I let myself go back to bed. It was such a warm night that I slept with the windows open. Later, I was awoken to the sound of horns honking and people cheering in the streets "Obama!" Then I knew we had clinched it.
Nate stood for 3 hours in Atlanta last week to do early voting. He said that he didn't think he would have done that in 2000. He MIGHT have done that in 2004, but it would have been about FEAR and HATE, rather than for what it was about yesterday--LOVE and HOPE. For so many of us, Obama was not a convenient vote. It wasn't about lashing out AGAINST anything, it was about reaching out TOWARDS something. It was an honor and a privilege to vote for him. I will never forget this feeling as long as I live-- a feeling of pride and a love for my country that extends beyond the barriers of the world.
This morning as I walked out into the fall day the trees were aglow with that intense fiery colors. I walked towards them with a similar feeling--a feeling that I was part of the world and filled with light.
I had big plans to be a part in the historic day yesterday, but I was pinned to the bed with a migraine the size of the electoral vote and wasn't able to keep anything down until last night. At about 6:00pm I said to Graham that the next time I threw up we should book it to the polling place, because I had a good 20 minutes before I would need to throw up again. That's just what we did and I made it home in time to be sick one last time. I had plans to have dinner with my friend Nate, but when I called to cancel, he said, "Don't worry about voting--just get better." I said I would carry a BUCKET with me to the polling place before I stayed home and didn't vote.
As soon as I knew he had Ohio, I let myself go back to bed. It was such a warm night that I slept with the windows open. Later, I was awoken to the sound of horns honking and people cheering in the streets "Obama!" Then I knew we had clinched it.
Nate stood for 3 hours in Atlanta last week to do early voting. He said that he didn't think he would have done that in 2000. He MIGHT have done that in 2004, but it would have been about FEAR and HATE, rather than for what it was about yesterday--LOVE and HOPE. For so many of us, Obama was not a convenient vote. It wasn't about lashing out AGAINST anything, it was about reaching out TOWARDS something. It was an honor and a privilege to vote for him. I will never forget this feeling as long as I live-- a feeling of pride and a love for my country that extends beyond the barriers of the world.
This morning as I walked out into the fall day the trees were aglow with that intense fiery colors. I walked towards them with a similar feeling--a feeling that I was part of the world and filled with light.
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