Our New President

Today, we have spent the day watching the coverage of President Obama (I love typing that) Inauguration. The historic significance of this moment gives me chills as I watch. The boys recognize that today is a special day, a new day. They actually sat and watched about an hour of the Inauguration including President Obama's speech. I made popcorn and we cuddle together on the couch and talked about the historic nature of Obama being our first African American President. Trent asked when will we have a blue president? or a red one? (which are his favorite colors) So, he doesn't truly understand what I was saying, but Corbin did. He kept saying that God made all of us with different colors of skin and we are all beautiful. So simple, yet for our country it has been a long road to really embrace that. And we still have a ways to go. But today, I celebrate and marvel at how far we have come. I love that this Inauguration comes a day after MLK day.

Here is a clip from this morning. Trent loves saying Barack Obama and Auntie Cara requested we get it on video for her. So here it is- (sorry it is poor quality, it is from my digital camera vs. our video camera)

It's a new day!

I have been surprised how emotional I have been following the election. I cried several times watching the election night coverage, not for the political victory, but for the what the night meant for us as a nation- A nation tainted with history of slavery and discrimination. I was holding Becca when it hit me that she will never know an America before there was an African American President.

Fourty five years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. He said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." I think that day has come (at least for the most part). Obama was elected because people looked past the color of his skin and believed in his vision for our country. I know there is still racism in America, but I believe it truly is a new era in America. It is an era where the American Dream is alive and available to ALL Americans regardless of race, gender and social status.

Check out Will.I.Am's new song and video called, "Its A New Day." Its the follow up video to his "Yes We Can" video. I think it represents the significance of Tuesday's election. It is "A New Day" for America.