Today is a good day

Okay I have tempered myself very well and have not spoken about politics on my blog but I just have to say that I stayed up very late last night on the edge of my seat watching as America truly identified herself once again as the land of opportunity and hope. Now I know there are compliments and criticisms about our new President elect but for me personally, I am ecstatic, overjoyed and humbled by this amazing electoral process. Now, I did vote for Obama & my reasons are my own. I am a daughter of an immigrant father who instilled in me his heartfelt belief that this truly was the most amazing country in the world & that it is in America where dreams and innovation were possible for all who had the fortitude to go for it, if he were alive today he would finally have felt that all of his hard work, struggles and sacrifices were justified. As I listen to the world respond, I am stunned and moved, I know the practicality of it all, we have work to do in this country but for one moment in the busy, chaotic whirlwind that is our life, can we just stop....stop to think about what has happened? What a wonderful, truly emotional day for all who have their eyes open. He speaks of hope, of what we could be as oppose to what we should settle for, there are no excuses, no reason to great for why we can not be a great country again, he inspires and calms. He is not one and all, he will not solve all of the world's problems but he gives the world a reason to want to do better. What a gift he has, to make us want to be better & achieve more so that when we leave, our children and grandchildren can talk about what an amazing generation of people we were & how we have passed the torch onto them. Today is a very good day.