Today is one of the most joyous days in memory. I rose early this morning and was so looking forward to this day. The inauguration of Barack Obama. So happy!
Growing up and seeing the people marching for a little girl to be able to go to a school with white people, and seeing the demonstrators shot, hung and beaten in the 60's was so etched in my memory. I was always hopeful that one day something great would happen, but I really believed it would come in the form of more politicians like senators, and congress people. I thought first we might vote in a Female to the presidency / or to the vice-presidency but not this. this was too much of a dream, and now.....here we are today. The day so many black and white people never even dared to hope for. I once saw a drinking fountain that said "whites only". I asked my mother what they meant. I was so horrified. But the one book that really changed a tide in my heart as an adolescent in a mostly white midwestern town, was "Five Smooth Stones" I do not know who wrote it, but it had a huge impact on me that never left.
I wish I could be in DC right now. I am joyful anyway.