It's the Julie Andrews in me

The caption read "Obama Swoon Over. Back to Work." The actual title of the article was "Barack to Reality"

I knew this time would come. It hasn't been a week since most of America looked past party and racial lines to see what hope for America could look like again, and already the momentousness of the occasion is being downplayed. I can hear it's equivalent in my mind, "alright everyone, settle down. Yes this is nice, but we have to move on." As I am typing this tears are filling my eyes. I will not settle down. I will not....settle....down. Nor will I move on. What happened November 4th has repercussions that go beyond that day, or this past following weekend. Black children who want to be president now have a point of reference for really believing this is possible. People of color can now tell their children with conviction, that they can be WHATEVER they want. Can anyone fathom how priceless that really is. Our president wants peace and live's of quality for his fellow American's. Electing Barack Hussein Obama may not have fixed all of our problems, but having the hope that the warm dawn is upon us, even if we can't see it yet in a cold darkness, can make all the difference between the life and death of a person's being. There is hope for us America!!!

My favorite part of this election is that we have a leader that is an example to his fellow American's as a man of integrity and peace. American's have elected a leader that seems to really love all of American's. Not just those that align themselves with his political philosophies. He spoke up for the poor and downtrodden before he was a figure in the public eye which tells us his convictions about the struggling were not born out of a desire for attention. So pardon me as I swoon. And beam. And dance through the streets. And cry my tears of joy. And sing songs dripping with happiness. It's just the elated American in me.