A Historic Moment for the USA, and a Change is Finally Here

President elect, Barack Obama, won the election last night, and I don't even know where to begin on how I am feeling this very moment. I didn't go to bed until about 1:00AM last night, way after my normal bedtime, because I was watching the coverage and listened to both speeches from Senator McCain and President Obama. To be honest and real with you, I felt so elated, overjoyed, emotional, thankful, and just simply happy all at the same time. And as an African-American, this is a historical moment for our culture, our people, our history, and most of all, the HUMAN RACE. This moment marks a time in history, and it symbolizes that America truly has come a long way. It's a joyous feeling that I have right now, and it's like being on cloud nine, and I expect to have that feeling for the next 4 years of his presidency. My heart was pounding, and the tears started to roll down my face when the President projections were announced in Barack Obama's favor. It was great!!!!! I stood in line yesterday morning, and it was so wonderful to witness the crowds, the record numbers of voters, coming out, standing in line; some for the very first time. Others were already "seasoned" and established voters, but yesterday's crowd definitely signified a movement. My mother and I went together, saw some familiar faces in the crowd. And last night, it was proven that we have a democracy that can reflect what the governed really want to see in their government: a competent legal entity, that is truly for the people that are being governed instead of being out for self. This is what our people (and not just people of color) fought for, died for, shed blood for, and it's finally happening. Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, to name a few, would have been more than delighted to see this finally come to pass. And I know that this was said before by one of my favorite artists, Jay-Z: "Rosa sat so Martin can walk, so Obama can run, so our children can fly." Such a profound statement, and it's true. My nephews and nieces can finally know that they can truly be anything they want to be, if you put your mind to it. I got choked up when I began to think about my father and grandparents not being alive to see this phenomenal event. It felt better than New Years !!!!


2008 is definitely an unforgettable year in my book !!!!!
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