"Today is a great day because it is Daniel's birthday and it is the first day that Barack Obama is President!"
The children said they watched the entire inaugural program at school. After the inauguration, Daniel's class wrote essays about why they thought Barack Obama had been elected President. Daniel said people like Obama because he is going to lower taxes and help the poor, and lower gasoline prices. :) I love it.
We watched reruns of the inauguration on the news last night and Isabella danced and clapped when we all cheered. It was so cute to watch her so happy because we were all so happy.
Was anyone else worried when Barack and Michelle were walking on the parade route? I sure was glad when they got back in the car.
Now I'm sitting here pondering his powerful words. Some people wonder how he is going to achieve all those promises, and truth be told, I wonder that myself. But people with hope have moved mountains and people have hope now. We want to believe. So what's the first mountain? For him, it's this whole auto industry bailout. It's a tough one, but if he comes out with flying colors from that, the momentum will be there so we can turn our attention to healthcare reform and then on to the next thing...
So no, maybe he won't be able to accomplish everything he's talking about, but he has given us a powerful vision of the future and as long as we are headed that way, we are gonna be ok.
TTYL.
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