If you received this update via e-mail, please note there may be associated photos available only on the actual blog. Visit site to see the latest.It's been an amazing week of change for the nation, for our home, for our girls. We started the week with the girls' first horseback riding lessons. The long-awaited pony time takes place within 2 miles of our house, which is a big bonus. Both girls were thrilled with their time on horseback. I was happy to see the young instructor start out with the basics - safety, catching your horse, prepping your horse and properly putting your horse away.
Like him or not... Obama IS our President, and our nation desperately NEEDS change of many types. I hope things will go in a positive direction under his leadership. I also believe that most of us do agree with his thoughts on at least some of the many challenges that we all face. I'm excited to hear that you're involving the girls in the process and events, that's great!
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ReplyDeleteIt’s funny, I just read your blog on this, and I have been having some of the same puzzlement, especially when listening to newscasters, do they really think it’s just about race??
ReplyDeleteFor me, (and maybe some at the party) It’s not so much the demographics of the latest candidate spread, but that Bush LEFT OFFICE.
After the fiasco of 2000, when the supreme court had to sort out an election because the people’s vote was not in agreement with the electoral college, I , and probably a lot of other people had a sneaky feeling we had lost our democracy and had entered into some sort of dynastic dictatorship a la Castro. (who’s next, Jeb?). During the next 8 years the Bush regime so disregarded the rule of law, and human rights in the name of the war on terror, that there was a very real spot deep down in my gut, that wondered, if the regime would ever end. THIS election put an end to that, but I’m not sure I really believed it until I saw that Obama survived the swearing in. The election of a republican like Ron Paul would have satisfied that in me too. These are just my private hunches, not exactly rational, but still, those awful feelings you get when you suspect you’re living at the dawn of a new dark ages. Countries have coupe’s, revolutions and invasions all the time which alter the lives of millions and the course of history. For me this peaceful transition of power, represents the dream of the founding fathers, that the PEOPLE can still elect their leaders, that elections are NOT a sham, a renewed faith in the democratic process, the good-faith counting of votes, and that our freedom has not perished.
Exactly. It's not JUST about the change in leadership, but the fact that we believe THIS time, without a shadow of a doubt, that the democratic process was served. We believe THIS time that the candidate has the ideals that may set this country back on track, rather than qualities that served the rich at the cost of the rest of us. It's not about race. It's about electing a person who appears to be thoughtful, intelligent, cool, calm and collected.
ReplyDeleteI may not agree with some of his policies. I don't know anyone who agrees with all of mine. Still, he can form whole sentences and explain what it is he intends to do. I like that in a national leader.