Yes We Can!

This is such an historic moment! I am sitting here after listening to the speech made by our new president elect....Barack Obama and I am in tears.
They are tears of joy, relief and expectation. This election represents more than just a new president. This represents for me in my house and my community and my family a new vision that "Yes I Can".
In a country that for so long held people of color back this is a defining moment for millions. For a country that seemed bent only on helping those who needed no help this is a defining moment.
After shrieking and screaming the thrill of the moment was over (nah not yet) I began to think about what this man has already done to me. Now I am asking Mamma what am I to do to make this real? How can I help? I am also saying in my mind "If he can do it so can I" No matter what my dreams are.. for so many young, black and underprivileged people that I know male and female, they see now that their dreams can become real.
This also does something for the history that my son will read years from now as a young black man. He will know that he can do anything in this country as before my brothers and my father did not have that thought or belief. Many were told because they were African American they could not be this or that.
Today that myth is dispelled yet again with the election of the United States of America's first African American president.
My children are living the dream that many did not live to see but fought for. Beautiful.
As I sit here as a mother and as a woman on a mission of her own to be about her own dreams and making them real, I think about what it must have been like for the past 21 months for President Obama and his family to take that step to announce he would run. I think about the criticism and the press and others that attacked he and his family with harsh words and lies but still they stood and persevered until they saw the prize.
Right now I take this as a lesson for myself and what I must do in my own life to realise the dream that I have for myself and for my children.
Thanks Obama for the lesson of the day that "Yes I Can"

Til Next Time

Mamma