Relief

I thought I might be disappointed. I didn't want to have high expectations. I was disappointed with the results of the last two elections and yet I could actually breathe a sigh of relief on November 4th 2008. When McCain gave his concession speech I cheered when he said Obama would be his president. I cried tears of joy during the president elect's acceptance speech. I am still in disbelief. When are people going to say that the Democrats pulled some kind of conspiracy? Are we really going to have an eloquent person hold the highest office in the land and replace the most idiotic president I have ever heard? All I know is that we as a nation just witnessed something monumental. We witnessed history. I can now tell my future offspring that it is really possible to be the President of the United States if you are a person that is bi-racial, if you are an intelligent, progressive, well spoken, and unbelievable individual. I didn't realize how much this means to me until I couldn't stop crying those tears of joy and hugging my significant other. I just said, "We can tell our kid about this someday...we can tell them where we were, what we heard, and how we felt. We felt inspired. We felt uplifted. We felt understood. Thank you for speaking to the hearts and minds of the American people. We have been waiting 8 years President Elect Barack Obama. We have a lot of work to do together but now we actually can start to make that change. Yes we can!