As with every election I find myself feeling a lot of mixed emotions. Sad that it’s over (yes I am one of those sick twisted people who enjoyed this), excited for the future, worried about the choices we have made, but something that I honestly haven’t felt in a long time when speaking about Politics, hope.
You know I have so many emotions rolling around in my head, and more importantly in my heart, that I don’t know where to start. I don’t know who Barack Obama is going to be. I am not sure if he is going to live up to the expectations that millions of people around the world have of him. Some people might say “Well he is after all just a man.” That doesn’t fly with me. He is a man, sure I know that, however he is a man that has ignited hope in the hearts of millions. He is the author of that hope. He asked us to believe in him. He asked us to give him something more than power, he asked us to give him our hearts. I think his expectations are higher than any other President in history, and I don’t allow him to escape from that responsibility. He had the audacity to plant the seed of hope in the hearts of so many millions of people. If he doesn’t live up to the promise of the man he has promised to be, then god have mercy on his soul.
I am optimistic. I am excited. I am nervous. I am hopeful… at least he has lived up to one promise. He has brought hope to my heart.
The world that my son was born into will differ a great deal from the world my unborn child will be born into. The due date is January 21st, One day into the Obama administration. My child will only know a world where a man/women of color can be anything he/she wants to be. We’ve just made this world a better place. Now it's up to Barack Obama to do his part.
I voted Obama.
