Boy, have I seen change in my life! I have seen seat belts placed in cars, I have lived through the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the assassination of JFK, RFK, Marin Luther King, Jr., and the eight dismal and damaging years of George W. Bush.
The change I witnessed last night, however, is monumental, and I couldn’t be happier. That this country spoke and said that it’s ready to move forward not only with compassion and thought, but that it has chosen to turn a blind eye to race, overwhelms me with emotion that brings me to tears.
I await the day when reference to color, ethnicity, creed, or sexual orientation is never part of a sentence again. I await the day when we are all kind and forgiving of one another and when we settle conflict with words and not war.
Today I have hope…all things are possible. It’s great to be an American!
And to quote my friend Merf – “I wonder if Sarah Palin now understands what a community organizer does?”
