
Yesterday was just gorgeous. It was slightly overcast and the wind would strengthen from time to time sending bright leaves twirling to the ground. I sat in the garden and knit. Stopped and checked the news. And back again. I did finish the scarf, all six feet, casting off just as Barack Obama took the stage at 10:45 or so. And I admit to shedding a few tears as I tucked in the ends of the yarn.
I hope he is everything you think he is. I hope he can accomplish this grand new America you have envisioned. I admit to being a bit blue (ironically) this morning because I don't see what it is you see in him. I see him and remember the first time I heard my daughter's heartbeat. She was eight weeks old. I remember the photo of my son, at twenty weeks. He was sucking on his bottom lip. If I were to peek around the corner, I would see him doing that still. Because he is what he was then, a live, unique, beautiful person.
So I don't understand, but I will hope right along with you. I will have faith, the same faith I've always had, not a new one brought about by this one human man. I will teach my children to pray. I will teach my children to cherish and protect the newest of lives and those that are not so new, but just as precious. I will teach them to conserve, starting with our own backyard and our own consumption. I will educate my children. I will teach them to love one another (I'm failing at that this morning as a symptom of my daughter's cold includes a really bad attitude, poor girl). My family and I will financially support those in the world who live in poverty, just as we always have.
Congratulations to us all on this big step forward. Our prayers today are for our new leader and for all of us as we continue to move forward.
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